Morphological, histological and gene-expression analyses on stolonization in the Japanese Green Syllid, Megasyllis nipponica (Annelida, Syllidae)

Abstract Benthic annelids belonging to the family Syllidae (Annelida, Errantia, Phyllodocida) exhibit a unique reproduction mode called “schizogamy” or “stolonization”, in which the posterior body part filled with gametes detaches from the original body, as a reproductive unit (stolon) that autonomo...

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Main Authors: Mayuko Nakamura, Kohei Oguchi, Daisuke S. Sato, Sumika Kato, Masanori Okanishi, Yoshinobu Hayashi, M. Teresa Aguado, Toru Miura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-11-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-46358-8