The transcriptome of an Amphioxus, Asymmetron lucayanum, from the Bahamas: A window into chordate evolution

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2681-2696

  Yue, Jia Xing ^a   Yu, Jr Kai ^b   Putnam, Nicholas H ^a   Holland, Linda Z ^c  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF CELLULAR AND ORGANISMIC BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

amphioxus; Asymmetron; Branchiostoma; chordate evolution; innate immunity.; transcriptome

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANIMAL; BAHAMAS; CHORDATA; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; INNATE IMMUNITY;

ANIMALS; BAHAMAS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHORDATA; IMMUNITY, INNATE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84921552837     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evu212     Document Type: Article

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