Using Amphioxus as a Basal Chordate Model to Study BMP Signaling Pathway

Tunicates and not cephalochordates are the closest living relatives of vertebrates

Frédéric Delsuc, Henner Brinkmann, Daniel Chourrout et al. · Nature · 2006 · 1.6K citations

Biology, Synapsida, Morphological Evidence +12

The amphioxus genome and the evolution of the chordate karyotype

Nicholas H. Putnam, Thomas Butts, David Ferrier et al. · Nature · 2008 · 1.6K citations · Full text

Culture of Marine Invertebrate Animals

R.S.V. Pullin · Biochemical Society Transactions · 1976 · 1.2K citations · Full text

Biology, Engineering, Marine Biodiversity +6

Deuterostome phylogeny reveals monophyletic chordates and the new phylum Xenoturbellida

Sarah J. Bourlat, Thorhildur Juliusdottir, Christopher J. Lowe et al. · Nature · 2006 · 573 citations

Biology, Phylogenetics, Natural Sciences +6

The amphioxus genome illuminates vertebrate origins and cephalochordate biology

Linda Z. Holland, Ricard Albalat, Kaoru Azumi et al. · Genome Research · 2008 · 509 citations · Full text

Neural Crest Development, Gene Families, Genetics +22