Morphogen gradients, positional information, and Xenopus: Interplay of theory and experiment

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• Publication year

  2002

• Venue

  Developmental Dynamics

• Publication date

  2002-12-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1002/dvdy.10170PMID 12454918
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