Making heads from tails: Development of a reversed anterior-posterior axis during budding in an acoel

Developmental Biology

Volumn 338, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 86-97

  Sikes, James M ^a   Bely, Alexandra E ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoel; Anterior posterior axis; Asexual reproduction; Budding; Evolution; Hox genes; Post embryonic development; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; HOX PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVOLUTRILOBA RETROGEMMA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EMBRYO POLARITY; GENE EXPRESSION; METAZOON; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; BILATERIA; ERINACEIDAE;

EID: 73549109609     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.10.033     Document Type: Article

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