The origins of the arthropod nervous system: Insights from the Onychophora

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 193-209

  Whitington, Paul M ^a   Mayer, Georg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arthropoda; Neural development; Neuroblast; Neurogenesis; Phylogeny; Velvet worms

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL STRUCTURE; CRUSTACEA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NERVE CORD; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; ONYCHOPHORA; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; STEM CELL; TAXON;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; INVERTEBRATES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING;

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; ARTHROPODA; ECDYSOZOA; INVERTEBRATA; ONYCHOPHORA; PANARTHROPODA; PROTOSTOMIA; TARDIGRADA;

EID: 79958779534     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: 18735495     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2011.01.006     Document Type: Review

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