Vertebrate development: Taming the Nodal waves

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Solnica Krezel, Lilianna ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037425616     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)01378-7     Document Type: Review

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