Diverse initiation in a conserved left-right pathway?

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 422-426

  Yost, H Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE;

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EID: 0033523290     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(99)80064-1     Document Type: Article

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