The emergence of the chordate body plan: Some puzzles and problems

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 4-10

  Lacalli, Thurston C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amphioxus; Chordate origins; Dorsoventral inversion; Nerve cord; Subchordal strand

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; BENTHOS; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXTINCTION; FILTER FEEDER; FOSSIL RECORD; METAZOAN; MIGRATION; MORPHOLOGY; SWIMMING;

ANIMALIA; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; CHORDATA; DEUTEROSTOMIA; ECHINODERMATA; HEMICHORDATA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 73349110922     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: 14636395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2008.00384.x     Document Type: Article

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