Cephalochordates (Amphioxus or Lancelets): A model for understanding the evolution of chordate characters

Cold Spring Harbor Protocols

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Yu, J K Sky ^a   Holland, Linda Z ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CELLULAR AND ORGANISMIC BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CEPHALOCHORDATE; CHORDATA; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOMIC IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SPAWNING;

BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; BRANCHIOSTOMIDAE; CHORDATA; INVERTEBRATA; UROCHORDATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 70949085469     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15596095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/pdb.emo130     Document Type: Article

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