Developmental gene expression in amphioxus: new insights into the evolutionary origin of vertebrate brain regions, neural crest, and rostrocaudal segmentation

American Zoologist

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 647-658

  Holland, Linda Z ^a   Holland, Nicholas D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

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EID: 22444453361     PISSN: 00031569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/38.4.647     Document Type: Article

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