On the development and reproduction of botryllus schlossen (tunicata) colonies from the eastern mediterranean sea: Plasticity of life history traits

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 34, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 207-218

  Rinkevich, B ^a   Porat, R ^a   Goren, M ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Botryllus; Israel; Life history; Tunicata

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032442779     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.1998.9652655     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Boyd, H. C., Brown, S. K., Harp, J. A., and Weissman, I. L., 1986. Growth and sexual maturation of laboratory-cultured Monterey Borryllus schlosseri. Biol. Bull., 170:91–109.
2. Boyd, H. C., Weissman, I. L., and Saito, Y., 1990. Morphologic and genetic verification that Monterey Botryllus and Woods Hole Botryllus are the same species. Biol. Bull., 178:239–250.
3. Brunetti, R., 1974. Observations on the life cycle of Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas) (Ascidiacea) in the Venetian lagoon. Boll. Zool., 41:225–251.
4. Brunetti, R., and Copello, M., 1978. Growth and senescence in colonies of Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas) (Ascidiacea). Boll. Zool., 45:359–364.
5. Brunetti, R., Leghi, L., Bressan, M., and Marin, M. G., 1980. Combined effects of temperature and salinity on colonies of Botryllus schlosseri Botrylloides leachi (Ascidiacea) from the Venetian lagoon. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 2:303–314.
6. Carwile, A. H., 1989. Settlement of larvae, colony growth and longevity in three species of ascidians and the effect on the species composition of a marine fouling community 229 Ph.D. thesis, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
7. Chadwick-Fuxman, N. E.C., and Weissrnan, I. L., 1995a. Life histories and senescence of Botryllus schlosseri (Chordata, Ascidiacea) in Monterey Bay. Biol. Bull., 189:3641
8. Chadwick-Furman, N. E.C., and Weissman, I. L., 1995b. Life history plasticity in chimeras of the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B, 262:157–162.
9. Grave, B. H., 1933. Rate of growth, age at sexual maturity, and duration of life of certain sessile organisms, at Woods Hole, MA. Biol. Bull., 65:375–386.
10. Grosberg, R. K., 1988. Life-history variation within a population of the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri. I. The genetic and environmental control of seasonal variation. Evolution, 42:900–920.
11. Grosberg, R. K., 1991. Sperm-mediated gene flow and the genetic structure of a population of the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri. Evolution, 45:130–142.
12. Harvell, C. D., and Grosberg, R. K., 1988. The timing of sexual maturity in clonal animals. Ecology, 69:1855–1864.
13. Hunter, E., and Hughes, R. N., 1993. Effects of diet on life-history parameters of the marine bryozoan, Celleporella hyalina (L.). J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., 167:163–177.
14. Izzard, C. S., 1973. Development of polarity and bilateral asymmetry in the palleal bud of Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas). J. Morph., 139:1–26.
15. Lauzon, R. J., Patton, C. W., and Weissman, I. L., 1993. A morphological and immunohistochemical study of programmed cell death in Botryllus schlosseri (Tunicata, Ascidiacea). Cell. Tiss. Res., 272:115–127.
16. Milkman, R., 1967. Genetic and developmental studies on Botryllrrs schlosseri. Biol. Bull., 132:229–243.
17. Millar, R. H., 1952. The annual growth and reproductive cycle in four ascidians. J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. UK, 31:41–61.
18. Mukai, H., 1977. Comparative studies on the structure of reproductive organs of four botryllid ascidians. J. Morph., 152:363–380.
19. Mukai, H., and Watanabe, H., 1976. Studies on the formation of germ cells in a compound ascidian Botryllus primigenus Oka. J. Morph., 148:337–362.
20. Porat, R., 1992. The life history and allorecognition patterns in the colonial tunicate Botryllus schlosseri from the Mediterranean coast of Israel M.Sc. thesis, Tel-Aviv University, Israel,((in Hebrew with English summary)
21. Rinkevich, B., 1992. Aspects of the incompatibility nature in botryllid ascidians. Anim. Biol., 1:17–28.
22. Rinkevich and Rabinowitz, C., 1993. In vitro culture of blood cells from the colonial protochordate Botryllus schlosseri. In Vitro Cell. Dev. Biol., 29A:79–85.
23. Rinkevich, B., and Weissman, I. L., 1988. “ A Botryllus ascidian retreat growth phenomenon. The consequences of non-self recognition ”. In Invertebrate historecognition Edited by:Grosberg, R. K., 93–109. New York:Plenum Press.
24. Rinkevich, B., and Weissman, I. L., 1992. Allogeneic resorption in colonial protochordates:consequences of nonself recognition. Dev. Comp. Immunol., 16:275–286.
25. Rinkevich, B., Lauzon, R. J., Brown, B. W.M., and Weissman, I. L., 1992. Evidence for a programmed lifespan in a colonial protochordate. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 89:3546–3550.
26. Rinkevich, Saito Y., and Weissman, I. L., 1993. A colonial invertebrate species that displays a hierarchy of allorecognition responses. Biol. Bull., 184:79–86.
27. Rinkevich, B., Porat, R., and Goren, M., 1995. Allorecognition elements on a urochordate histocompatibility locus indicate unprecented extensive polymorphism. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B., 259:319–324.
28. Sabbadin, A., 1955. II ciclo biologico di Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas) (Ascidiacea) nella laguna di Venezia. Arch. Oceanogr. Limnol., 10:217–231.
29. Sabbadin, A., 1960. Ulteriori notizie sull'allevamento e sulla biologia dei Botrilli in condizioni di laboratorio. Arch. Oceanogr. Limnol., 12:97–107.
30. Sabbadin, A., 1969. The compound ascidian Botryllus schlosseri in the field and in the laboratory. Publ. Staz. Zool. Napoli, 37:62–72. (suppl)
31. Sabbadin, A., 1978. “ Genetics of the colonial ascidian, Botryllus schlosseri ”. Edited by:Battaglia and Beardmore, J., 195–209. Marine organisms. Plenum, New York
32. Scofield, V. L., Schlumpberger, J. M., West, L. A., and Weissman, I. L., 1982. Protochordate allorecognition is controlled by an MHC-like gene system. Nature., 295:499–502.
33. Watterson, R. L., 1945. Asexual reproduction in the colonial tunicate, Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas) Savigny, with special reference to the developmental history of intersiphonal bands of pigment cells. Biol. Bull., 88:71–103.
34. Yamaguchi, M., 1975. Growth and reproductive cycles of the marine fouling ascidians Ciona intestinalis, Styela plicata, Botrylloides violaceus Leproclinum rnitsukurii at Aburatsubo-Moroiso inlet (central Japan). Mar. Biol., 29:253–259.
35. Yund, P. O., Marcum, Y., and Stewart-Savage, J., 1997. Life history variation in a colonial ascidian:Broad-sense heritabilities and tradeoffs in allocation to asexual growth and male and female reproduction. Biol. Bull., 192:290–299.