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Additional molecular support for the new chordate phylogeny.

Gene duplications and losses within the cyclooxygenase family of teleosts and other chordates.

An aboral-dorsalization hypothesis for chordate origin.

Anterior regeneration in the hemichordate Ptychodera flava.

Man is but a worm: chordate origins.

Developmental biology of pterobranch hemichordates: history and perspectives.

The lancelet and ammocoete mouths.

Gene expansion and retention leads to a diverse tyrosine kinase superfamily in amphioxus.

Thermal denaturation of wild type and mutant recombinant acetylcholinesterase from amphioxus: effects of the temperature of in vitro expression and of reversible inhibitors.

The basal chordate amphioxus as a simple model for elucidating developmental mechanisms in vertebrates.

The ycaC-related protein from the amphioxus Branchiostoma belcheri (BbycaCR) interacts with creatine kinase.

Convergent evolution of clustering of Iroquois homeobox genes across metazoans.

The sperm proteins from amphioxus mirror its basal position among chordates and redefine the origin of vertebrate protamines.

The amphioxus Hox cluster: characterization, comparative genomics, and evolution.

Chordate metamorphosis: ancient control by iodothyronines.

Genomic analysis of the immune gene repertoire of amphioxus reveals extraordinary innate complexity and diversity.

The amphioxus genome illuminates vertebrate origins and cephalochordate biology.

Identification and expression of a ferritin homolog in amphioxus Branchiostoma belcheri: evidence for its dual role in immune response and iron metabolism.

Amphioxus postembryonic development reveals the homology of chordate metamorphosis.

The evolution of alternative splicing in the Pax family: the view from the Basal chordate amphioxus.