Unique asymmetric protrusion of nerve cord in the amphioxus, Branchiostoma belcheri

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 328-330

  Nozaki, Masumi ^a   Terakado, Kiyoshi ^b   Kubokawa, Kaoru ^c  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADOTROPIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHORDATA; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; NERVE CORD; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; SECRETORY GRANULE;

EID: 0032867250     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140050626     Document Type: Article

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