Role of the anterior endoderm in cardiac specification

The heart is the first functional organ of embryogenesis in many vertebrates, however little is known about the early specification events of cardiogenesis. Evidence in the chick and amphibian suggests a requirement for the anterior endoderm in cardiac induction to direct mesoderm toward a cardiac f...

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Main Author: Samuel, Lee
Published: Cardiff University 2009
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.584647