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Asymmetric Cell Divisions in the Early Embryo of the Leech Helobdella robusta

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  1. Dept. of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, 385 LSA, CA 94720-3200, Berkeley, CA, USA

    David A. Weisblat

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Weisblat, D.A. (2007). Asymmetric Cell Divisions in the Early Embryo of the Leech Helobdella robusta . In: Macieira-Coelho, A. (eds) Asymmetric Cell Division. Progress in Molecular and Subcellular Biology, vol 45. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69161-7_4

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