Embryonic axis formation in the zebrafish

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn , Issue 59, 1999, Pages 159-178

  Mullins, Mary C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; MESODERM; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; MESODERM; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 0032607866     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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