Dorsoventral axis inversion: Enteropneust anatomy links invertebrates to chordates turned upside down

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 93-100

  Nübler Jung, Katharina ^a   Arendt, Detlev ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chordate evolution; Dorsoventral inversion; Enteropneusta; Hemichordata

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CEPHALOCHORDATA; CHORDATA; ENTEROPNEUSTA; HEMICHORDATA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0003069218     PISSN: 09475745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0469.1999.372106.x     Document Type: Article

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