Skeletal Morphogenesis and Embryonic Development

Primer on the Metabolic Bone Diseases and Disorders of Mineral Metabolism: Eighth Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 3-14

  Yang, Yingzi ^a  

^a NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chondrocyte proliferation; Embryonic cartilage; Embryonic development; Skeletal morphogenesis; Skeletal patterning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977565922     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118453926.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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