A simple model for early morphogenesis.

C D Stern

doi:10.1016/s0022-5193(84)80024-7

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A simple model for early morphogenesis.

C D Stern

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Despite the large amount of knowledge which continues to accumulate about early developmental events, very little is known about the processes which control them. Part of the problem may lie in that workers applying different approaches and techniques have different points of view and appear to be reluctant to read each others' literature. My aim in this paper is not to give a generative, formal model for early development, but rather to suggest several connecting strands between the physiological, biochemical, cell biological and experimental embryological approaches which may stimulate new research in fields between those already exploited.

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C D Stern. 1984-03-21. A simple model for early morphogenesis.. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-5193(84)80024-7

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