All four twist genes of zebrafish have partially redundant, but essential, roles in patterning the craniofacial skeleton

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 364-371

  Germanguz, I ^a   Gitelman, I ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

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Indexed keywords

DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84861325134     PISSN: 01758659     EISSN: 14390426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2012.02016.x     Document Type: Article

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