Lim homeobox genes in the Ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi: The evolution of neural cell type specification

EvoDevo

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Simmons, David K ^a   Pang, Kevin ^b   Martindale, Mark Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BILATERIA; CNIDARIA; CTENOPHORA (COELENTERATES); INVERTEBRATA; METAZOA; MNEMIOPSIS LEIDYI; PLACOZOA; PORIFERA;

EID: 84877107758     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20419139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2041-9139-3-2     Document Type: Article

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