Contribution of morula cells to allogeneic responses in the colonial urochordate Botryllus schlosseri

Marine Biology

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 227-236

  Rinkevich, B ^a   Tartakover, S ^a,b   Gershon, H ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTRYLLUS SCHLOSSERI;

EID: 0031810544     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050315     Document Type: Article

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