Is the vertebrate head segmented? - Evolutionary and developmental considerations

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 647-657

  Kuratani, Shigeru ^a  

^a RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research   (Japan)

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BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; PETROMYZONTIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 57349129574     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icn015     Document Type: Review

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