Amphioxus and the evolution of head segmentation

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 630-646

  Holland, Linda Z ^a   Holland, Nicholas D ^a   Gilland, Edwin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; CHONDRICHTHYES; EUTELEOSTOMI; PETROMYZONTIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 57349095239     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icn060     Document Type: Review

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