From variable to constant cell numbers: Cellular characteristics of the arthropod nervous system argue against a sister-group relationship of Chelicerata and "Myriapoda" but favour the Mandibulata concept

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 215, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 53-68

  Harzsch, Steffen ^a   Müller, Carsten H G ^b   Wolf, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arthropoda; Evolution; Phylogeny; Tetraconata

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; CELL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSTACEA; DATA ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION; EYE DEVELOPMENT; INTERNEURON; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SISTER GROUP; TAXON;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BRAIN; EVOLUTION; EYE; NEURONS; PHYLOGENY; SEROTONIN;

CHELICERATA; CRUSTACEA; HEXAPODA; MANDIBULATA; MYRIAPODA;

EID: 14544274733     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-004-0451-z     Document Type: Review

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