The outflow tract of the heart in fishes: Anatomy, genes and evolution

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 983-1036

  Grimes, A C ^a   Kirby, M L ^b  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CARDIOVASCULARES CNIC   (Spain)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial pole; Bulbus arteriosus; Cardiogenesis; Conus arteriosus; Evolution; Outflow tract

Indexed keywords

BULBUS; DANIO RERIO; ORYZIAS; ORYZIAS LATIPES; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

NITRIC OXIDE;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HEART; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FISHES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEART; NITRIC OXIDE; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 64049101550     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.02125.x     Document Type: Article

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