The early phylogeny of chordates and echinoderms and the origin of chordate left-right asymmetry and bilateral symmetry

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 101-122

  Jefferies, Richard P S ^a   Brown, Nigel A ^b   Daley, Paul E J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001120782     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.1996.tb01256.x     Document Type: Article

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