Chapter 7 Axis Formation and the Rapid Evolutionary Transformation of Larval Form

Current Topics in Developmental Biology

Volumn 86, Issue , 2009, Pages 163-190

  Raff, Rudolf A ^a,b   Snoke Smith, Margaret ^a,c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INVERTEBRATE; LARVA; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEA URCHIN;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; EVOLUTION; INVERTEBRATES; LARVA; MARINE BIOLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEA URCHINS;

EID: 63649128879     PISSN: 00702153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0070-2153(09)01007-2     Document Type: Review

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