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[Evolution of the nervous system].
Anasthesiologie, Intensivmedizin, Notfallmedizin, Schmerztherapie : AINS - 1 Jun 2002
Sauer K P, Hoch M
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This review tries to establish a synthesis between the comparative/morphological approach and the molecular analysis of ontogenetic processes in development and evolution. We use the formation of the nervous system in metazoans as a paradigm to point out that highly conserved molecular mechanisms may be responsible to generate tissues and organ systems in bilateria. We discuss the conserved role of the Hox genes...
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