What sponges can tell us about the evolution of developmental processes

Zoology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-10

  Adamska, Maja ^a,b   Degnan, Bernard M ^b   Green, Kathryn ^b   Zwafink, Christin ^a  

^a Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evolutionary origin of developmental; Mechanisms; Regulatory genes; Signalling pathways; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BILATERIA;

EID: 79955077466     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2010.10.003     Document Type: Review

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