A fundamental symmetry between morphogenesis and function of branched organs

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences - Serie III

Volumn 324, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 405-412

  Fleury, Vincent ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE DE LA MATIÈRE CONDENSÉE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GROWTH; HUMAN; KIDNEY; LACRIMAL GLAND; LUNG; MAMMARY GLAND; MORPHOGENESIS; ORGANOGENESIS; PANCREAS; PHYSICS; SALIVARY GLAND; SECRETION; TESTIS; ANIMAL; BREAST; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BREAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; LUNG; MALE; MORPHOGENESIS; PANCREAS; PHYSIOLOGY; SALIVARY GLANDS;

EID: 0034744036     PISSN: 07644469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0764-4469(01)01308-7     Document Type: Article

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