The sudden appearance of diverse animal body plans during the Cambrian explosion

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 733-751

  Chen, Jun Yuan ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Appendage; Body plan; Brain; Cambrian explosion; Evolution; Head segmentation

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CAMBRIAN; CELL NUCLEUS; CHELICARATA; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CRISTOZOAN; EUARTHROPODA; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EXOSKELETON; FORELIMB; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MANDIBULATA; MUSCLE; NEURAL CREST; NONHUMAN; PANARTHROPOD; PHYLUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VETULICOLIAN; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; CHINA; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; MORPHOGENESIS; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALIA; METAZOA; PANARTHROPODA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BODY PATTERNING; BRAIN; CHINA; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURAL CREST; PALEONTOLOGY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 69449087363     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.072513cj     Document Type: Article

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