Using ascidian embryos to study the evolution of developmental gene regulatory networks

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 75-89

  Cone, Angela C ^a   Zeller, Robert W ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; MICROORGANISMS; MODIFICATION; NEURAL NETWORKS;

ASCIDIANS; DEUTEROSTOMES; PROTOSTOMES; VERTEBRATES;

GENES;

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENE;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CHORDATA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 21344450734     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z04-165     Document Type: Review

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