The developing dorsal ganglion of the salp Thalia democratica, and the nature of the ancestral chordate brain

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 353, Issue 1378, 1998, Pages 1943-1967

  Lacalli, T C ^a   Holland, L Z ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chordate evolution; CNS organization; Salps; Thalia democratica; Tunicates

Indexed keywords

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; CHORDATA; SALPIDA; THALIA DEMOCRATICA; UROCHORDATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032578957     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1998.0347     Document Type: Article

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