3 Segmentation of the Paraxial Mesoderm and Vertebrate Somitogenesis

Current Topics in Developmental Biology

Volumn 47, Issue C, 1999, Pages 81-105

  Pourquié, Olivier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CYTOLOGY; MESODERM; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SOMITE; STEM CELL; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BODY PATTERNING; MESODERM; MICE; SOMITES; STEM CELLS; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 0033988735     PISSN: 00702153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0070-2153(08)60722-X     Document Type: Article

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