A role for the extraembryonic yolk syncytial layer in patterning the zebrafish embryo suggested by properties of the hex gene

Current Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 1131-1134

  Ho, Chi Yip ^a   Houart, Corinne ^b   Wilson, Steve W ^b   Stainier, Didier Y R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HOMEOBOX;

DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033533701     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(99)80485-0     Document Type: Article

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