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High resolution imaging of the cortex isolated from sea urchin eggs and embryos

J H Henson1, Bakary Samasa1, E C Burg1

  • 1Department of Biology, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, United States; Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington, Friday Harbor, WA, United States.

Methods in Cell Biology
|April 6, 2019
PubMed

Keywords:
CortexCytokinesisCytoskeletonEggEmbryoFertilizationSea urchin

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