The agnathan ark: The origin of craniate brains

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 237-247

  Northcutt, R Glenn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain evolution; Hagfish; Homeobox genes; Lampreys; Origin of vertebrates

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; FISH; FOSSIL; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HOMEOBOX; INVERTEBRATE CHORDATA; LARVA; MORPHOGENESIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NOTOCHORD; PALEONTOLOGY; PHARYNX; PHYLOGENY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD; UROCHORDATA;

ANATOMY, COMPARATIVE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHORDATA, NONVERTEBRATE; EVOLUTION; FISHES; FOSSILS; GENES, HOMEOBOX; LARVA; MORPHOGENESIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NOTOCHORD; PALEONTOLOGY; PHARYNX; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 0030331407     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000113203     Document Type: Article

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