Segmentation, metamerism and the Cambrian explosion

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 8-10, 2009, Pages 1305-1316

  Couso, Juan Pablo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bilaterian ancestor; Development; Evolution; Metamerism; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

DNA; NOTCH RECEPTOR;

ANNELID WORM; ARTHROPOD; CAMBRIAN; CELL SELECTION; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA; ECHINODERM; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; EMBRYOLOGY; ENTROPY; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LOSS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; INHERITANCE; METAMORPHOSIS; METAZOON; MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOLOGY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PLESIOMORPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; RECEPTORS, NOTCH;

ANIMALIA; BILATERIA;

EID: 73949132161     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.072425jc     Document Type: Review

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