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Lancelets

Known as: Lancelet, Branchiostoma, Branchiostomas 
Small fish-like marine creatures often used in phylogenetic comparative studies of CHORDATES.
National Institutes of Health

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Branchiostoma belcheriBranchiostoma floridaeBranchiostoma japonicumBranchiostoma lanceolatum

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BranchiostomidaeChordata
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Review
2004
Review
2004
Numerous groups of chromosomal regional paralogies strongly indicate two genome doublings at the root of the vertebrates
The appearance of the vertebrates demarcates some of the most far-reaching changes of structure and function seen during the… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Segmental development of reticulospinal and branchiomotor neurons in lamprey: insights into the evolution of the vertebrate hindbrain
During development, the vertebrate hindbrain is subdivided along its anteroposterior axis into a series of segmental bulges… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Retinoic acid signaling acts via Hox1 to establish the posterior limit of the pharynx in the chordate amphioxus
In the invertebrate chordate amphioxus, as in vertebrates, retinoic acid (RA) specifies position along the anterior/posterior… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
C6-Like and C3-Like Molecules from the Cephalochordate, Amphioxus, Suggest a Cytolytic Complement System in Invertebrates
Abstract. The mammalian immune system has cytotoxic mechanisms, both cellular and humoral, that destroy the membrane integrity of… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Characterization of an amphioxus paired box gene, AmphiPax2/5/8: developmental expression patterns in optic support cells, nephridium, thyroid-like structures and pharyngeal gill slits, but not in…
On the basis of developmental gene expression, the vertebrate central nervous system comprises: a forebrain plus anterior… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Phylogenetic reconstruction of vertebrate Hox cluster duplications.
In vertebrates and the cephalochordate, amphioxus, the closest vertebrate relative, Hox genes are linked in a single cluster… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
An amphioxus homeobox gene: sequence conservation, spatial expression during development and insights into vertebrate evolution.
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Retinal S-antigen epitopes in vertebrate and invertebrate photoreceptors.
Monoclonal antibodies specific for the retinal S-antigen were obtained by hybridization of spleen cells from a BALB/c mouse… 
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1961
Highly Cited
1961
STRUCTURE OF THE LONGITUDINAL BODY MUSCLES OF AMPHIOXUS
The structure of the longitudinal body muscles of Branchiostoma caribaeum has been studied by light and electron microscopy… 
Highly Cited
1959
Highly Cited
1959
Intracellular Impulse Conduction in Muscle Cells
A hypothesis, suggested previously by morphological studies, for impulse conduction from the sarcolemma to the contractile… 
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