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Post-blastocyst Differentiation in vitro

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A technique has been developed for growing mouse embryos in vitro to a stage at which post-blastocyst differentiation, including the beginnings of heart beat, can be observed.

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HSU, YC. Post-blastocyst Differentiation in vitro. Nature 231, 100–102 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/231100a0

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