Evolution of bilaterian central nervous systems: A single origin?

EvoDevo

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Holland, Linda Z ^a   Carvalho, João E ^b   Escriva, Hector ^c   Laudet, Vincent ^d   Schubert, Michael ^b   Shimeld, Sebastian M ^e   Yu, Jr Kai ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f INSTITUTE OF CELLULAR AND ORGANISMIC BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Amphioxus; Central nervous system evolution; Hemichordate; Nerve cord; Tunicate; Urbilaterian; Vertebrate brain

Indexed keywords

BILATERIA; BRANCHIOSTOMA; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; CHORDATA; DEUTEROSTOMIA; ECHINODERMATA; HEMICHORDATA; INVERTEBRATA; PROTOSTOMIA; UROCHORDATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84884993180     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20419139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2041-9139-4-27     Document Type: Article

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