Tripartite organization of the ancestral chordate brain and the antiquity of placodes: insights from ascidian Pax-2/5/8, Hox and Otx genes

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				A Locascio, F Aniello, A Amoroso, M Manzanares, R Krumlauf, and M Branno Patterning the ascidian nervous system: structure, expression and transgenic analysis of the CiHox3 gene Development, January 11, 1999; 126(21): 4737 - 4748. [Abstract] [PDF]

				S Wada, Y Katsuyama, and H Saiga Anteroposterior patterning of the epidermis by inductive influences from the vegetal hemisphere cells in the ascidian embryo Development, January 11, 1999; 126(22): 4955 - 4963. [Abstract] [PDF]

				D Arendt and K Nubler-Jung Comparison of early nerve cord development in insects and vertebrates Development, January 6, 1999; 126(11): 2309 - 2325. [Abstract] [PDF]

				M Ogasawara, H Wada, H Peters, and N Satoh Developmental expression of Pax1/9 genes in urochordate and hemichordate gills: insight into function and evolution of the pharyngeal epithelium Development, January 6, 1999; 126(11): 2539 - 2550. [Abstract] [PDF]

				Z Kozmik, N. Holland, A Kalousova, J Paces, M Schubert, and L. Holland Characterization of an amphioxus paired box gene, AmphiPax2/5/8: developmental expression patterns in optic support cells, nephridium, thyroid-like structures and pharyngeal gill slits, but not in the midbrain-hindbrain boundary region Development, January 3, 1999; 126(6): 1295 - 1304. [Abstract] [PDF]

				K Lun and M Brand A series of no isthmus (noi) alleles of the zebrafish pax2.1 gene reveals multiple signaling events in development of the midbrain-hindbrain boundary Development, January 8, 1998; 125(16): 3049 - 3062. [Abstract] [PDF]