Immunohistochemical localization of vitellogenin in the hepatic diverticulum of the amphioxus Branchiostoma belcheri tsingtauense, with implications for the origin of the liver

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 172-176

  Han, Li ^a,b   Zhang, Shicui ^a   Wang, Yongjun ^a   Sun, Xutong ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b LINYI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cecum; Evolution; Lancelet; Protochordate

Indexed keywords

BRANCHIOSTOMA BELCHERI; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33744762219     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: 17447410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2006.00050.x     Document Type: Article

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