Comparison of developmental trajectories in the starlet sea anemone Nematostella vectensis: Embryogenesis, regeneration, and two forms of asexual fission

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 99-112

  Reitzel, Adam M ^a   Burton, Patrick M ^a   Krone, Cassandra ^a   Finnerty, John R ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Nematostella; Planula; Regeneration; Transverse fission

Indexed keywords

ACTINIARIA; ANEMONE; ANIMALIA; METAZOA; NEMATOSTELLA; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS;

EID: 34547880088     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: 17447410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2007.00081.x     Document Type: Article

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