Morphogens and pattern formation

BioEssays

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 721-729

  Neumann, Carl ^a   Cohen, Stephen ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ERINACEIDAE; INSECTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031213842     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.950190813     Document Type: Review

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