A new look at the ventral nerve centre of Sagitta: Implications for the phylogenetic position of Chaetognatha (arrow worms) and the evolution of the bilaterian nervous system

Frontiers in Zoology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Harzsch, Steffen ^a   Müller, Carsten H G ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Institut für Biowissenschafien Allgemeine und Spezielle Zoologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILATERIA; CHAETOGNATHA; DEUTEROSTOMIA; METAZOA; PROTOSTOMIA; SAGITTA;

EID: 34249889959     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17429994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-9994-4-14     Document Type: Article

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