BMP signaling is required to form the anterior neural plate border in ascidian embryos

A Manually Curated Gene Model Set for an Ascidian, Ciona robusta (Ciona intestinalis Type A)

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The gene regulatory system for specifying germ layers in early embryos of the simple chordate

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The genetic program to specify ectodermal cells in ascidian embryos

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A Nearly Complete Genome of Ciona intestinalis Type A (C. robusta) Reveals the Contribution of Inversion to Chromosomal Evolution in the Genus Ciona

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Foxg specifies sensory neurons in the anterior neural plate border of the ascidian embryo

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Differential temporal control ofFoxa.aandZic-r.bspecifies brain versus notochord fate in the ascidian embryo

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A Maternal System Initiating the Zygotic Developmental Program through Combinatorial Repression in the Ascidian Embryo

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The molecular basis of craniofacial placode development

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The pre-vertebrate origins of neurogenic placodes

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Migratory neuronal progenitors arise from the neural plate borders in tunicates

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Genetic pathways for differentiation of the peripheral nervous system in ascidians

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Islet is a key determinant of ascidian palp morphogenesis

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Neural crest and placode interaction during the development of the cranial sensory system

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Guidelines for the nomenclature of genetic elements in tunicate genomes

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Early embryonic specification of vertebrate cranial placodes

(2014) Gerhard Schlosser   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Developmental Biology

A time delay gene circuit is required for palp formation in the ascidian embryo

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Multiple Signaling Pathways Coordinate to Induce a Threshold Response in a Chordate Embryo

(2013) Naoyuki Ohta et al.   PLoS Genetics

FGF signaling establishes the anterior border of the Ciona neural tube

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The origin and evolution of the ectodermal placodes

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Identification of a rudimentary neural crest in a non-vertebrate chordate

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NIH Image to ImageJ: 25 years of image analysis

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Cis-Acting Transcriptional Repression Establishes a Sharp Boundary in Chordate Embryos

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Identification of Early Requirements for Preplacodal Ectoderm and Sensory Organ Development

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dlx3b/4b are required for the formation of the preplacodal region and otic placode through local modulation of BMP activity

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The amphioxus genome and the evolution of the chordate karyotype

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