Anterior-Posterior Polarization and Mesoderm Inducing Factors in the Pregastrula Mouse Embryo: Comparison to Chick and Frog Embryos

Advances in Developmental Biology (1992)

Volumn 4, Issue C, 1996, Pages 147-189

  Bachvarova, Rosemary F ^a  

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DOI: 10.1016/S1566-3116(08)60018-3     Document Type: Article

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