Evolution of centralized nervous systems: Two schools of evolutionary thought

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages 10626-10633

  Northcutt, R Glenn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cambrian explosion; Neoproterozoic; Phyletic comparisons; Urbilateria

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EDIACARAN; FOSSIL; GENETICS; LAST COMMON ANCESTOR; MOLECULAR CLOCK; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; BIOTA; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM;

BILATERIA; METAZOA; MYA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOTA; FOSSILS; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84866146339     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1201889109     Document Type: Review

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