The genome sequence of a species of amphioxus, an iconic organism in the history of evolutionary biology, opens up a fresh vista on the comparative investigation of chordates and vertebrates. The ...

Those of you who took high school biology may remember the lancelet, also known as the amphioxus. Its simplified body plan is notable for containing a number of features that it shares in common with ...

Lancelets, or amphioxus, are small worm-like marine animals that spend most of their lives buried in the sea floor, filter-feeding through jawless, ciliated mouths. The vertebrate affinities of these ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 108, No. 22 (May 31, 2011), pp. 9160-9165 (6 pages) FGF signaling is one of the few cell—cell signaling pathways ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The localization of vitellogenin (Vg) remains untested in amphioxus. Western blotting analysis showed that mouse anti-amphioxus Vg sera ...