Modeling of mosaic patterns in chimeric liver and adrenal cortex: Algorithmic organogenesis?

FASEB Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 823-827

  Landini, Gabriel ^a   Iannaccone, Philip M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell division; Chimeras; Computer model; Fractals

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHIMERA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTACT INHIBITION; LIVER; MOSAICISM; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034077626     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.14.5.823     Document Type: Article

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