Germline cell formation and gonad regeneration in solitary and colonial ascidians

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 240, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 299-308

  Kawamura, Kaz ^a   Tiozzo, Stefano ^b,c   Manni, Lucia ^d   Sunanaga, Takeshi ^a   Burighel, Paolo ^d   De Tomaso, Anthony W ^c  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accessory cell; Ascidian; Germline; Gonad; PGC; Stem cell; Vasa

Indexed keywords

ASCIDIACEA; CELL LINEAGE; CELL REGENERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PARASITISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; GERM CELLS; GONADS; REGENERATION; STEM CELLS; UROCHORDATA;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; BOTRYLLIDAE; CIONA;

EID: 78751501713     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22542     Document Type: Review

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