Molecular Regionalization of the Developing Neural Tube

The Mouse Nervous System

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 2-18

  Martínez, Salvador ^a   Puelles, Eduardo ^a   Puelles, Luis ^a   Echevarria, Diego ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE NEUROCIENCIAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-369497-3.10001-9     Document Type: Chapter

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