The pre-vertebrate origins of neurogenic placodes

Philip Barron Abitua, T. Blair Gainous, Angela N. Kaczmarczyk, Christopher J. Winchell, Clare Hudson, Kaori Kamata, Masashi Nakagawa, Motoyuki Tsuda, Takehiro G. Kusakabe and Michael Levine ()
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Philip Barron Abitua: Center for Integrative Genomics, Genomics and Development, University of California
T. Blair Gainous: Center for Integrative Genomics, Genomics and Development, University of California
Angela N. Kaczmarczyk: Center for Integrative Genomics, Genomics and Development, University of California
Christopher J. Winchell: Center for Integrative Genomics, Genomics and Development, University of California
Clare Hudson: Sorbonne Universités, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement de Villefranche-sur-mer, Observatoire Océanologique
Kaori Kamata: Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, Kamigori
Masashi Nakagawa: Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, Kamigori
Motoyuki Tsuda: Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, Kamigori
Takehiro G. Kusakabe: Faculty of Science and Engineering, Konan University
Michael Levine: Center for Integrative Genomics, Genomics and Development, University of California

Nature, 2015, vol. 524, issue 7566, 462-465

Abstract: A study showing that tunicates possess a proto-placodal ectoderm that produces neurons with dual neurosecretory and chemosensory function, which may represent the ancestral origin of placode-derived neurons in vertebrates.

Date: 2015
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