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. 1956 Jul 25;2(4):261–274. doi: 10.1083/jcb.2.4.261

THE BEHAVIOR OF COLLAGEN UNITS AS A MODEL IN MORPHOGENESIS

Jerome Gross 1
PMCID: PMC2229734  PMID: 13357551

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