Physics and the canalization of morphogenesis: A grand challenge in organismal biology

Physical Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Von Dassow, Michelangelo ^a   Davidson, Lance A ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; MECHANICS; MORPHOGENESIS; OOCYTE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; MECHANICAL PHENOMENA; MORPHOGENESIS; OVUM; TEMPERATURE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 79961196903     PISSN: 14783967     EISSN: 14783975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1478-3975/8/4/045002     Document Type: Article

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