Conserved developmental expression of Fezf in chordates and Drosophila and the origin of the Zona Limitans Intrathalamica (ZLI) brain organizer

EvoDevo

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Irimia, Manuel ^a   Piñeiro, Cristina ^b   Maeso, Ignacio ^a   Gómez Skarmeta, José L ^b   Casares, Fernando ^b   Garcia Fernàndez, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILATERIA; BRANCHIOSTOMA; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; CHORDATA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79955092263     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20419139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2041-9139-1-7     Document Type: Article

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