Helobdella (Leech): A model for developmental studies

Cold Spring Harbor Protocols

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Weisblat, David A ^a   Kuo, Dian Han ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; LEECH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; REGENERATION; SPECIES COMPARISON; STEM CELL;

HELOBDELLA; HIRUDINIDA;

EID: 65749105199     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15596095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/pdb.emo121     Document Type: Article

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