Stem cells in aquatic invertebrates: Common premises and emerging unique themes

Stem Cells in Marine Organisms

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 61-103

  Rinkevich, Yuval ^a   Matranga, Valeria ^b   Rinkevich, Baruch ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Cnidarian; Echinoderm; Invertebrate; Platyhelminth; Regeneration; Stem cells; Trans differentiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957338488     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2767-2_4     Document Type: Chapter

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