Segmentation clock: Insights from computational models

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 16, 2003, Pages

  Pourquié, Olivier ^a   Goldbeter, Albert ^b  

^a STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO;

EID: 0042426090     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(03)00567-0     Document Type: Review

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