Mosaic evolution of neural development in anurans: Acceleration of spinal cord development in the direct developing frog Eleutherodactylus coqui

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 206, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 215-227

  Schlosser, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Discoglossus pictus; Heterochrony; NeuroD; PCNA; Proliferation; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; FROG; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; DISCOGLOSSUS PICTUS; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS COQUI; PHYSALAEMUS PUSTULOSUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0037297442     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-002-0291-4     Document Type: Article

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