Genetic analysis of early development of a vertebrate nervous system in the zebrafish, Danio rerio

Zoology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 345-364

  Brand, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

CNS; Hindbrain; MHB organizer; Midbrain; Mutagenesis; Neurogenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040713873     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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