Evolution of the ascidian anural larva: Evidence from embryos and molecules

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 646-654

  Jeffery, William R ^a,b,c   Swalla, Billie J ^b,c   Ewing, Nicholas ^b,d   Kusakabe, Takehiro ^b,e  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anural larva; Ascidians; Cytoskeletal actin genes; Evolution of development; Muscle actin genes; Pseudogenes; Tadpole larva

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; LARVA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; TAIL;

AMPHIBIA; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; MOLGULA BLEIZI; MOLGULA OCCULTA; MOLGULA OCULATA; MOLGULIDAE; REPTILIA;

EID: 0032906220     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026147     Document Type: Article

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