The segmental organization of the head region in Chelicerata: A critical review of recent studies and hypotheses

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 317-335

  Bitsch, Jacques ^a   Bitsch, Colette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Embryology; Genetics; Morphology; Paleaozoic arthropods

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; EMBRYO; GENETICS; HOMOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; ONTOGENY; SEGMENTATION;

ARTHROPODA; CHELICERATA; MANDIBULATA;

EID: 34748821240     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: 14636395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2007.00284.x     Document Type: Review

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