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Embracing the comparative approach: how robust phylogenies and broader developmental sampling impacts the understanding of nervous system evolution

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Ventralization of an indirect developing hemichordate by NiCl2 suggests a conserved mechanism of dorso-ventral (D/V) patterning in Ambulacraria (hemichordates and echinoderms)

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From genomes to morphology: a view from amphioxus

(2009) Peter W. H. Holland   ACTA ZOOLOGICA

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Chordate roots of the vertebrate nervous system: expanding the molecular toolkit

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Evo-Devo: Variations on Ancestral Themes

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