Chordate ancestry of the neural crest: New insights from ascidians

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 481-491

  Jeffery, William R ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascidians; Neural crest; Neural crest like cells; Pigment cells; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ASCIDIACEA; CELL MIGRATION; EVOLUTION; INVERTEBRATE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL CREST; NEURAL CREST CELL; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PIGMENT CELL; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE;

ASCIDIACEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34548435210     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2007.04.005     Document Type: Review

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