Who came first - Larvae or adults? Origins of bilaterian metazoan larvae

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 7-8, 2003, Pages 623-632

  Sly, Belinda J ^a   Snoke, Margaret S ^a   Raff, Rudolf A ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Indiana Molecular Biology Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilaterian origins; Evolution of development; Larval body plan; Life history evolution

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; METAMORPHOSIS; METAZOON; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECHINODERMATA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, REGULATOR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INVERTEBRATES; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; BILATERIA; INVERTEBRATA; METAZOA;

EID: 1242270890     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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