Origins and plasticity of neural crest cells and their roles in jaw and craniofacial evolution

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 7-8, 2003, Pages 541-553

  Trainor, Paul A ^a   Melton, Kristin R ^a,b   Manzanares, Miguel ^c  

^a STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS ALBERTO SOLS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amphioxus; Ascidians; Craniofacial; Evolution; Lampreys; Neural crest cells; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

ASCIDIACEA; CELL POPULATION; CHORDATA; CRANIOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; EPIDERMIS; EVOLUTION; INVERTEBRATE; JAW; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEURAL CREST CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; EVOLUTION; FACE; HEAD; JAW; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURAL CREST; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS); VERTEBRATES;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; CHORDATA; INVERTEBRATA; PETROMYZONTIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1642512346     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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