Three-dimensional anatomy of the Ciona intestinalis tailbud embryo at single-cell resolution

Developmental Biology

Volumn 372, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 274-284

  Nakamura, Mitsuru J ^a   Terai, Jun ^a   Okubo, Reiko ^a   Hotta, Kohji ^a   Oka, Kotaro ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Cell lineage; Chordate evolution; Interactive 3D visualization; Segmentation; Tunicate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868300161     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.09.007     Document Type: Article

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