Neural development in Onychophora (velvet worms) suggests a step-wise evolution of segmentation in the nervous system of Panarthropoda

Developmental Biology

Volumn 335, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 263-275

  Mayer, Georg ^a   Whitington, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arthropoda; Axon growth; Axonogenesis; Body plan; Ecdysozoa; Ganglia; Neuromere; Panarthropoda; Tardigrada

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROMERE; NONHUMAN; ONYCHOPHORA; PANARTHROPODA; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORM;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BILATERIA; ECDYSOZOA; ONYCHOPHORA; PANARTHROPODA; TARDIGRADA;

EID: 70349782815     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.08.011     Document Type: Article

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