The recently-described ascidian species Molgula tectiformis is a direct developer

Zoological Science

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 297-303

  Tagawa, Kunifumi ^a,c   Jeffery, William R ^b,c,d   Satoh, Noriyuki ^a,c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; MOLGULA TECTIFORMIS; PECTINIDAE;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; LARVA; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; UROCHORDATA;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LARVA; MUSCLES; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 0031114032     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.14.297     Document Type: Article

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