Ancient evolutionary origin of vertebrate enteric neurons from trunk-derived neural crest

Stephen A. Green, Benjamin R. Uy and Marianne E. Bronner ()
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Stephen A. Green: California Institute of Technology
Benjamin R. Uy: California Institute of Technology
Marianne E. Bronner: California Institute of Technology

Nature, 2017, vol. 544, issue 7648, 88-91

Abstract: Whereas the enteric nervous system of jawed vertebrates is derived largely from the vagal neural crest, that of the sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) is populated by trunk-derived neural crest cells that may be homologous to Schwann cell precursors.

Date: 2017
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