Body plan of sea urchin embryo: An ancestral type animal

Zoological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 757-770

  Akasaka, Koji ^a   Shimada, Hiraku ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ECHINOIDEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035538449     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.18.757     Document Type: Review

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