How Many Ways to Make a Chordate?
- 26 May 2006
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 312 (5777), 1145-1146
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1128784
Abstract
The regulatory gene circuits that control the development of a protochordate are simpler than those of sea urchins or vertebrates, indicating that their similar tadpole-like body plan can be constructed in several ways.Keywords
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