The tardigrade Hypsibius dujardini, a new model for studying the evolution of development

Developmental Biology

Volumn 312, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 545-559

  Gabriel, Willow N ^a   McNuff, Robert ^b   Patel, Sapna K ^a   Gregory, T Ryan ^c   Jeck, William R ^a   Jones, Corbin D ^a   Goldstein, Bob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Sciento   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Development; Ecdysozoa; Evolution; Lineage; Model system; Tardigrade

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MIGRATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEVELOPMENT; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EVOLUTION; GENOME; HYPSIBIUS DUJARDINI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STEREOTYPY;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ECDYSOZOA; HYPSIBIUS DUJARDINI; PROTOSTOMIA; TARDIGRADA;

EID: 36549008559     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2007.09.055     Document Type: Article

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