From the American to the European amphioxus: Towards experimental Evo-Devo at the origin of chordates

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 8-10, 2009, Pages 1359-1366

  Garcia Fernàndez, Jordi ^a   Jiménez Delgado, Senda ^a   Pascual Anaya, Juan ^a   Maeso, Ignacio ^a   Irimia, Manuel ^a   Minguillón, Carolina ^a   Benito Gutiérrez, Èlia ^a,b   Gardenyes, Josep ^a,c   Bertrand, Stéphanie ^a   D'Aniello, Salvatore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL DURAN I REYNALS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amphioxus; Chordate; Evo Devo; Gene duplication; Vertebrate

Indexed keywords

AMPHIOXUS; BIOGENESIS; CHORDATA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EUROPE; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; HEREDITY; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE MAMMAL; MORPHOGENESIS; NEURAL CREST CELL; NONHUMAN; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORGANISM COMMUNITY; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPAWNING; VERTEBRATE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; CHORDATA; DEUTEROSTOMIA; ENGRAULIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 67651223442     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.072436jg     Document Type: Review

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