Are protochordates chordates?

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 261-284

  Raineri, Margherita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Deuterostomes; Evolution; Gastroneuralians; Lancelets; Neural crest placodes; Tunicates; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; TAXONOMY;

BILATERIA; BRANCHIOSTOMIDAE; CHORDATA; UROCHORDATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33644976727     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2006.00574.x     Document Type: Review

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