An option space for early neural evolution

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1684, 2015, Pages

  Jékely, Gáspár ^a   Keijzer, Fred ^b   Godfrey Smith, Peter ^c,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cnidarian; Ctenophore; Nervous system evolution; Peristalsis; Phototaxis; Sponge

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BRAIN; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; INVERTEBRATE; METAZOAN; MOTILITY; MUSCLE; PHOTOTAXIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 84946763594     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2015.0181     Document Type: Review

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