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Stretching the limits: Stem cells in regeneration science
Article first published online: 4 NOV 2008
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21774
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Developmental Dynamics
Special Issue: Special Focus on Left-Right Asymmetry
Volume 237, Issue 12, pages 3648–3671, December 2008
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Stocum, D. L. and Zupanc, G. K.H. (2008), Stretching the limits: Stem cells in regeneration science. Dev. Dyn., 237: 3648–3671. doi: 10.1002/dvdy.21774
Publication History
- Issue published online: 20 NOV 2008
- Article first published online: 4 NOV 2008
- Manuscript Accepted: 10 SEP 2008
Funded by
- U.S. Army Research Laboratory and the U.S. Army Research Office. Grant Number: W911NF07-10176
- W.M. Keck Foundation
- International Center for Transdisciplinary Studies of Jacobs University Bremen
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