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Figure 19 Sanes, D. H. et al. ‘Survival depends on the synapyic target’, Development of the Nervous System, p. 255. Copyright 2000, with permission from Elsevier;
Figures 20 and 21 Adapted from O’Leary, D. D. M., Fawcett, J. W. and Cowen, W. M. (1986) Journal of Neuroscience, Vol. 6, pp. 3692–705. Copyright 1998, Society of Neuroscience;
Figure 22 Image supplied by Gregor Eichele. Reprinted from Mechanisms of Development, Vol. 92, Sweeney, K. J. et al., ‘Lissencephaly associated mutations suggest a requirement for the PAFAH1B heterotrimeric complex in brain development’, pp. 263–71. Copyright 2000, with permission from Elsevier;
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