The fate of Spemann's organizer

Zoological Science

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1197-1220

  Gorodilov, Yuriy N ^a  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 0034340249     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.17.1197     Document Type: Review

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