Evolution of ascidian development: Interspecific modifications of the tadpole larva have revealed some of the mechanisms of evolutionary change in development

BioScience

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 417-425

  Jeffery, William R ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA;

EID: 0030985929     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1313057     Document Type: Review

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