Fluid dynamics of establishing left-right patterning in development

Birth Defects Research Part C - Embryo Today: Reviews

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 95-101

  Cartwright, Julyan H E ^a   Piro, Nicolas ^b   Piro, Oreste ^c   Tuval, Idan ^d  

^a INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

^b ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIFFUSION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; FLUID FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BODY FLUIDS; BODY PATTERNING; CILIA; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; VERTEBRATES;

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EID: 46849099813     PISSN: 1542975X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdrc.20127     Document Type: Review

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