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Differential gene activity and segregation of cell lines: an attempt at a molecular interpretation of the primary events of embryonic development

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2009

Mosé Rossi ,
Gabriella Augusti-Tocco  and
Alberto Monroy
Mosé Rossi
Affiliation:
C.N.R. Laboratory of Molecular Embryology, 80072 Arco Felice (Napoli), Italy
Gabriella Augusti-Tocco
Affiliation:
C.N.R. Laboratory of Molecular Embryology, 80072 Arco Felice (Napoli), Italy
Alberto Monroy
Affiliation:
C.N.R. Laboratory of Molecular Embryology, 80072 Arco Felice (Napoli), Italy
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The study of differentiation is concerned with the analysis of the processes responsible for ‘the cellular changes in macromolecular synthesis and composition, patterned in time and space and resulting in specialized functions, forms and organization’ (Moscona, 1973).

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Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , February 1975 , pp. 43 - 119
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