Molecular Evolution of the Brain of Chordates

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 177-185

  Williams, Nic A ^b   Holland, Peter W H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Amphioxus; Ascidia; Brain; Chordate; Homology; Hox; Molecular phylogeny; Otx; Pax

Indexed keywords

ASCIDIA; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; CHORDATA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; BRAIN; HISTOLOGY; INVERTEBRATE CHORDATA; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHORDATA, NONVERTEBRATE; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 0031615703     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000006562     Document Type: Article

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