Ultrastructural studies on the centrosome‐attracting body: Electron‐dense matrix and its role in unequal cleavages in ascidian embryos

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• Publication year

  1999

• Venue

  Development, Growth and Differentiation

• Publication date

  1999-10-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1046/j.1440-169x.1999.00457.xPMID 10545032
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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