From zygote to lens: Emergence of the lens epithelium

Lens Epithelium and Posterior Capsular Opacification

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 3-24

  Robinson, Michael L ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lens induction; Lens placode; Neural plate border; Preplacodal ectoderm

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930717255     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-54300-8_1     Document Type: Chapter

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