Quantitative analysis of patch patterns in mosaic tissues with ClonalTools software

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 215, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 698-704

  Mort, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adrenal cortex; Corneal epithelium; Image analysis; ImageJ; Mosaic; Retinal

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOSAICISM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMALS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICE; MOSAICISM; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; SOFTWARE; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

MUS;

EID: 71049134024     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2009.01150.x     Document Type: Article

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