Early origin of the bilaterian developmental toolkit

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1527, 2009, Pages 2253-2261

  Erwin, Douglas H ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cambrian explosion; Cnidaria; Ediacaran; Evo devo; Genetic toolkit

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CAMBRIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDIACARAN; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLAGELLATE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; INVERTEBRATE; MORPHOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BILATERIA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; DEUTEROSTOMIA; MONOSIGA BREVICOLLIS; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS; PLACOZOA; TRICHOPLAX ADHAERENS;

EID: 67651052246     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0038     Document Type: Article

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