Whole-organ cell shape analysis reveals the developmental basis of ascidian notochord taper

Developmental Biology

Volumn 373, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 281-289

  Veeman, Michael T ^a,b   Smith, William C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ciona; Morphogenesis; Morphometrics; Notochord

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POLARITY; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VOLUME; CHORDATA; CIONA SAVIGNYI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASCIDIA; CHORDATA; CIONA; CIONA SAVIGNYI;

EID: 84871682250     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.11.009     Document Type: Article

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