Origin of animal epithelia: Insights from the sponge genome

Evolution and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 601-617

  Fahey, Bryony ^a   Degnan, Bernard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; FLAGELLATE; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; METAZOAN; SPECIALIZATION; SPONGE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL POLARITY; EPITHELIUM; GENETICS; GENOME; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SPONGE (PORIFERA);

ANIMALS; CELL POLARITY; EPITHELIUM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME; PHYLOGENY; PORIFERA;

AMPHIMEDON; ANIMALIA; BILATERIA; CNIDARIA; EUMETAZOA; FUNGI; METAZOA; MONOSIGA BREVICOLLIS; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS; PLACOZOA; PORIFERA; TRICHOPLAX; TRICHOPLAX ADHAERENS;

EID: 78049457828     PISSN: 1520541X     EISSN: 1525142X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2010.00445.x     Document Type: Article

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