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Title: Differential gene expression between growth plate and non-growth plate forming ends of bones
Award ID(s):
1656315 1638812
PAR ID:
10656876
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Oxford University Press
Date Published:
Volume:
64
Issue:
Supplement_1
Page Range / eLocation ID:
S273-S274
Format(s):
Medium: X
Location:
Integrative and Comparative Biology
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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