Neural Crest Cells in Craniofacial Skeletal Development

Neural Crest Cells: Evolution, Development and Disease

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 127-151

  Schilling, Thomas F ^a   Le Pabic, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Craniofacial; Danio rerio; Ectomesenchyme; Neural crest

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902427993     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-401730-6.00008-9     Document Type: Chapter

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