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Research in the author's laboratory is supported the MRC, BBSRC, and the Wellcome Trust; and he is a research fellow of the Leverhulme Trust.
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Mason, I. (2008). The Avian Embryo. In: Sharpe, P.T., Mason, I. (eds) Molecular Embryology. METHODS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY™, vol 461. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-483-8_14
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