Migratory neuronal progenitors arise from the neural plate borders in tunicates

Alberto Stolfi, Kerrianne Ryan, Ian A. Meinertzhagen and Lionel Christiaen ()
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Alberto Stolfi: Center for Developmental Genetics, New York University
Kerrianne Ryan: Life Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University
Ian A. Meinertzhagen: Life Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University
Lionel Christiaen: Center for Developmental Genetics, New York University

Nature, 2015, vol. 527, issue 7578, 371-374

Abstract: Neuronal precursor cells in the tunicate Ciona intestinalis are shown to delaminate and undergo directed cell migration along either side of the neural tube before differentiating into bipolar neurons, suggesting that vertebrate neural-crest-derived sensory neurons have much deeper evolutionary roots.

Date: 2015
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