Development and Evolution of the Ascidian Cardiogenic Mesoderm

Current Topics in Developmental Biology

Volumn 100, Issue , 2012, Pages 107-142

  Tolkin, Theadora ^a   Christiaen, Lionel ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chordate; Heart; Migration; Muscle; Regulatory network; Transcription; Tunicate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858782328     PISSN: 00702153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-387786-4.00011-7     Document Type: Chapter

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