Evolution: Hox genes and the cellared wine principle

Current Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2000, Pages

  Gibson, Greg ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034659384     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(00)00531-5     Document Type: Review

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