Brachyury (T) expression in embryos of a larvacean urochordate, Oikopleura dioica, and the ancestral role of T

Developmental Biology

Volumn 220, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 322-332

  Bassham, Susan ^a   Postlethwait, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Chordata; Evolution of development; Tunicata

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHORDATA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION; INTESTINE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; APPENDICULARIA (CLASS); ASCIDIACEA; CHORDATA; INVERTEBRATA; OIKOPLEURA; OIKOPLEURA DIOICA; UROCHORDATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034656094     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2000.9647     Document Type: Article

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