Colonial allorecognition, hemolytic rejection, and viviparity in botryllid ascidians

Zoological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 387-394

  Hirose, Euichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allorecogniton site; Colonial ascidian; Embryo parent histoincompatibility; Hemocyte; Tunic cell

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; BLOOD CELL; CYTOLOGY; EVOLUTION; IMMUNOLOGY; PARITY; REVIEW; UROCHORDATA;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EVOLUTION; HEMOCYTES; PARITY; UROCHORDATA;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; BOTRYLLIDAE; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 0038503994     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.20.387     Document Type: Review

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