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Mutation watch: Mouse brachyury (T), the T-box gene family, and human disease

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Meisler, M.H. Mutation watch: Mouse brachyury (T), the T-box gene family, and human disease. Mammalian Genome 8, 799–800 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003359900581

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