Germ layer patterning in bichir and lamprey; an insight into its evolution in vertebrates

Developmental Biology

Volumn 332, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 90-102

  Takeuchi, Masaki ^a   Takahashi, Maiko ^a   Okabe, Masataka ^b   Aizawa, Shinichi ^a  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bichir; Endoderm; Extraembryonic; Holoblastic cleavage; Lamprey; Primary germ layer; vegetal cell mass; VegT

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BICHIR; BLASTOMERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; ENDODERM; FISH; GERM LAYER; LAMPREY; MESODERM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ACTINOPTERYGII; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; OSTEICHTHYES; PETROMYZONTIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 67649859289     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.05.543     Document Type: Article

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