Evolution of the deuterostome central nervous system: An intercalation of developmental patterning processes with cellular specification processes

Evolution of Nervous Systems

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 1-24

  Fritzsch, B ^a   Glover, J C ^b  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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DOI: 10.1016/B0-12-370878-8/00125-7     Document Type: Chapter

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