There is no highly conserved embryonic stage in the vertebrates: Implications for current theories of evolution and development

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 91-106

  Richardson, Michael K ^a   Hanken, James ^b   Gooneratne, Mayoni L ^a   Pieau, Claude ^c   Raynaud, Albert ^d   Selwood, Lynne ^e   Wright, Glenda M ^f  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^e LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Comparative anatomy; Comparative study; Developmental biology; Embryology; Morphogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL TISSUE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DRAWING; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TAXONOMY; VERTEBRATE;

AMPHIBIA; ANATOMY, COMPARATIVE; ANIMALS; BIRDS; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FISHES; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; MAMMALS; PHYLOGENY; REPTILES; TIME FACTORS; VERTEBRATES;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030821697     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004290050082     Document Type: Review

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