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A tribute to Dr. Theodore T. Puck

September 24, 1916–November 6, 2005

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  1. Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, U-3125, 75 North Eagleville Road, 06269, Storrs, Connecticut

    Philip I. Marcus

  2. W. Alton Jones Cell Science Center, 12946, Lake Placid, New York

    Gordon H. Sato

  3. Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, 80309, Boulder, Colorado

    Richard G. Ham

  4. Eleanor Roosevelt Institute, University of Denver, 80206, Denver, Colorado

    David Patterson

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Marcus, P.I., Sato, G.H., Ham, R.G. et al. A tribute to Dr. Theodore T. Puck. In Vitro Cell.Dev.Biol.-Animal 42, 235–241 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1290/0606039A.1

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