Evolution and development: rise of the little squirts.
It used to be thought that only vertebrates possess neural crest cells, but a recent study has demonstrated the existence of neural crest-like cells in an ascidian urochordate. This alters our views on the evolution of the neural crest and of the vertebrates.
Graham
Anthony
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MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, Kings College London, London SE1 1UL, UK. anthony.graham@kcl.ac.uk
D000818:Animals; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000502:physiology; D008544:Melanocytes / Q000502:physiology; D009432:Neural Crest / Q000196:embryology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D014561:Urochordata / Q000145:classification / Q000196:embryology*