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Blastomere Explants to Test for Cell Fate Commitment During Embryonic Development
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Blastomere Explants to Test for Cell Fate Commitment During Embryonic Development

Published on: January 26, 2013

Fate maps and the pattern of cell division: a calculation for the chick wing-bud

J H Lewis

    Journal of Embryology and Experimental Morphology
    |April 1, 1975
    PubMed

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