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| Scholtz, Gerhard; Wolff, Carsten. |
| Investigations of amphipod embryonic development have a long tradition. However, many aspects of amphipod embryology are still controversial. These concern, among others, the nature of the cleavage, the origin of the germ disc, and the mode of gastrulation. On the other hand, amphipods show the same characteristic type of invariant cell division pattern in the germ band as other malacostracans. Since amphipods seem to undergo a stereotyped pattern of early cleavage they are highly interesting for our understanding of the evolution of arthropod development. In this paper, we describe the cleavage pattern of the amphipod crustacean Orchestia cavimana from the zygote to gastrulation and the formation of the germ disc using direct observation, scanning... |
| Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor |
Palavras-chave: Cell lineage; Cell migration; Arthropoda; Phylogeny; Evolution. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/534334 |
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