Pattern formation in epithelial development: The vertebrate limb and feather bud spacing

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 353, Issue 1370, 1998, Pages 871-875

  Wolpert, Lewis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epithelia; Feather bud; Limb; Pattern

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032577986     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1998.0251     Document Type: Article

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