Anterior-posterior patterning and segmentation of the vertebrate head

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 658-667

  Schilling, Thomas F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 57349093831     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icn081     Document Type: Review

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