Mouse gastrulation: the formation of a mammalian body plan

Mechanisms of Development - Tập 68 Số 1-2 - Trang 3-25 - 1997
Patrick Tam1, Richard Behringer2
1CHILDREN'S MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE
2Genetics,

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