Choanoflagellates, choanocytes, and animal multicellularity

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-22

  Maldonado, Manuel ^a  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Animal evolution; Invertebrate larvae; Metazoan ancestor; Poriferan gastrulation; Sponge development

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CHOANOFLAGELLIDA; FUNGI; ICHTHYOSPOREA; INVERTEBRATA; METAZOA; PORIFERA; PROTISTA;

EID: 1642273215     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2004.tb00138.x     Document Type: Review

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