| Literature DB >> 27166696 |
Vladimir Soukup1, Zbynek Kozmik2.
Abstract
Deuterostomes - a key subdivision of animals - are characterized by the mouth developing anteriorly as a rupture between the outer epithelium and the foregut wall. A new study of amphioxus challenges this view and proposes separate evolutionary origins of deuterostome oral openings.Entities:
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Year: 2016 PMID： 27166696 DOI： 10.1016/j.cub.2016.03.016
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Biol ISSN： 0960-9822 Impact factor: 10.834