Early events leading to fate decisions during leech embryogenesis

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 351-358

  Pilon, Marc ^a   Weisblat, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell fate determinant; Helobdella robusta; Leech; Nanos

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; HELOBDELLA ROBUSTA; HIRUDINIDA;

EID: 0040007569     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/scdb.1997.0159     Document Type: Article

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