Origin and evolution of the first nervous system

Evolution of Nervous Systems

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 289-315

  Lichtneckert, R ^a   Reichert, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cnidaria; Ctenophora; Developmental genetics; Evolution; Metazoa; Porifera

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882880878     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B0-12-370878-8/00157-9     Document Type: Chapter

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