The Compact Body Plan of Tardigrades Evolved by the Loss of a Large Body Region

Current Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 224-229

  Smith, Frank W ^a   Boothby, Thomas C ^a   Giovannini, Ilaria ^b   Rebecchi, Lorena ^b   Jockusch, Elizabeth L ^c   Goldstein, Bob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAD; HOMEOBOX; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; TARDIGRADA;

ANIMALS; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HEAD; PHYLOGENY; TARDIGRADA;

EID: 84959471836     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.11.059     Document Type: Article

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