Muscle differentiation in a colonial ascidian: organisation, gene expression and evolutionary considerations.

BACKGROUND: Ascidians are tunicates, the taxon recently proposed as sister group to the vertebrates. They possess a chordate-like swimming larva, which metamorphoses into a sessile adult. Several ascidian species form colonies of clonal individuals by asexual reproduction. During their life cycle,...

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Autores principales: Degasperi, V, Gasparini, F, Shimeld, S, Sinigaglia, C, Burighel, P, Manni, L
Formato: Journal article
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2009