Evolutionary developmental biology and vertebrate head segmentation: A perspective from developmental constraint

Theory in Biosciences

Volumn 122, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 230-251

  Kuratani, Shigeru ^a  

^a RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

Metamerism; Neural crest; Pharyngeal arches; Somites; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; EVOLUTION; HOX GENE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYOTOME; NEUROMERE; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE;

BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038126920     PISSN: 14317613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1431-7613-00085     Document Type: Article

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