Epicardium development in Xenopus
The epicardium is the outermost layer of the mature vertebrate heart. In birds and mice the epicardium originates from an extracardiac primordium - the proepicardium - and envelops the developing heart of the embryo. The epicardium of birds and mice has two main functions in normal heart development...
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University College London (University of London)
2007
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.498194 |