The Neural Crest, a Fourth Germ Layer of the Vertebrate Embryo: Significance in Chordate Evolution

Neural Crest Cells: Evolution, Development and Disease

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 3-26

  Le Douarin, Nicole M ^a   Dupin, Elisabeth ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE LA VISION   (France)

Author keywords

Brain; Chordates; Embryo; Evolution; Fgf8; Head; Neural crest; Skull

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902428507     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-401730-6.00001-6     Document Type: Chapter

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