Left-right asymmetry in plants and animals: A gold mine for research

Contributions to Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 75-78

  Schilthuizen, Menno ^a,b   Gravendeel, Barbara ^a,b,c  

^a NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES LEIDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chirality; Development; Evo devo; Evolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867417461     PISSN: 13834517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/18759866-08102001     Document Type: Editorial

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