Limb regeneration in the fiddler crab, uca pugilator: histological, physiological and molecular considerations

American Zoologist

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 513-526

  Hopkins, P M ^a   Chung, A C K ^a   Durica, D S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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EID: 33745978162     PISSN: 00031569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/39.3.513     Document Type: Article

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