Frimousse - A spontaneous ascidian mutant with anterior ectodermal fate transformation [1]

Current Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2004, Pages

  Deschet, Karine ^a,b   Smith, William C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; CIONA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 2642519759     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.05.029     Document Type: Note

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