The role of epigenetics in nervous system development

Epigenetics: Linking Genotype and Phenotype in Development and Evolution

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 137-163

  Kovach, Chris ^a   Mattar, Pierre ^b   Schuurmans, Carol ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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