Embryonic asymmetry: The left side gets all the best genes

Current Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages

  King, T ^a   Brown, N A ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0033552885     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(99)80036-0     Document Type: Article

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