Area Patterning of the Mammalian Cortex

Patterning and Cell Type Specification in the Developing CNS and PNS

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 61-85

  O'Leary, D D M ^a   Stocker, A M ^a   Zembrzycki, A ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-397265-1.00021-6     Document Type: Chapter

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