Cleavage pattern, gastrulation, and neurulation in the appendicularian, Oikopleura dioica

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 69-79

  Fujii, Setsuko ^a   Nishio, Takaya ^a   Nishida, Hiroki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Appendicularian; Cleavage pattern; Gastrulation; Neurulation; Oikopleura dioica

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; GASTRULATION; METABOLISM; NEURULATION; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UROCHORDATA;

ANIMALS; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GASTRULATION; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEURULATION; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 84883839237     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: 1432041X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-008-0205-4     Document Type: Article

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