Germ plasm and molecular determinants of germ cell fate

Current Topics in Developmental Biology

Volumn 50, Issue , 2000, Pages 155-181

  Houston, Douglas W ^a   King, Mary Lou ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; GERM CELL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GERM CELLS; HUMANS;

EID: 0033649391     PISSN: 00702153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0070-2153(00)50008-8     Document Type: Review

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