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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Formato: | Journal article |
Idioma: | English |
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2009
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