Man is but a worm: Chordate origins

Genesis

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 605-613

  Brown, Federico D ^a,b,c   Prendergast, Andrew ^a   Swalla, Billie J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ascidians; Axis formation; BMP signaling; Chordate evolution; Deuterostomia; Evolution and development; Hemichordates; Tunicates

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; HOX PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; WNT PROTEIN;

ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; CHORDATA; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EVOLUTION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INVERTEBRATE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PHYLUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHORDATA, NONVERTEBRATE; HUMANS; VERTEBRATES;

ASCIDIACEA; CHORDATA; DEUTEROSTOMIA; HEMICHORDATA; INVERTEBRATA; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 65549128708     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: 1526968X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvg.20471     Document Type: Review

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