Asymmetry in a pterobranch hemichordate and the evolution of left-right patterning

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 237, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3634-3639

  Sato, Atsuko ^a   Holland, Peter W H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antisymmetry; Gonad; Rhabdopleura

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FILTER FEEDER; GONAD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTEROBRANCH HEMICHORDATE; ZOOID;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GONADS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING;

DEUTEROSTOMIA; HEMICHORDATA; RHABDOPLEURA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 57149118645     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21588     Document Type: Article

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