Cranial neural crest emergence and migration in the Mexican axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum)

Zoology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 195-202

  Falck, Pierre ^a   Hanken, James ^b   Olsson, Lennart ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell migration; Head development; Pattern formation; Salamander

Indexed keywords

AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANURA; NEOCERATODUS FORSTERI;

EID: 0036998565     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0944-2006-00079     Document Type: Article

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