Gonad morphogenesis in vertebrates: divergent means to a convergent end.

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Published in Annu Rev Cell Dev Biol on January 01, 2009

Authors

Tony DeFalco1, Blanche Capel

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA. t.defalco@cellbio.duke.edu

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