The evolutionary origin of the vertebrate neural crest and its developmental gene regulatory network - insights from amphioxus

Zoology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Yu, Jr Kai Sky ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CELLULAR AND ORGANISMIC BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Branchiostoma floridae; Gene duplication; Invertebrate chordates; Neural crest development; Vertebrate evolution

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INVERTEBRATE CHORDATA; NEURAL CREST; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CHORDATA, NONVERTEBRATE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENES, REGULATOR; NEURAL CREST; VERTEBRATES;

BRANCHIOSTOMA FLORIDAE; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; CHORDATA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 76449121551     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2009.06.001     Document Type: Review

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