Origin and early evolution of the vertebrates: New insights from advances in molecular biology, anatomy, and palaeontology

BioEssays

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 142-151

  Holland, Nicholas D ^a,c   Chen, Junyuan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANATOMY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; INVERTEBRATE CHORDATA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEURAL CREST; PALEONTOLOGY; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE;

AMPHIBIA; ANATOMY; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHORDATA, NONVERTEBRATE; EVOLUTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEURAL CREST; PALEONTOLOGY; VERTEBRATES;

CHORDATA; INVERTEBRATA; PETROMYZONTIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035140802     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-1878(200102)23:2<142::AID-BIES1021>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Review

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