Botryllus schlosseri, an emerging model for the study of aging, stem cells, and mechanisms of regeneration

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 59, Issue , 2015, Pages 33-38

  Voskoboynik, Ayelet ^a   Weissman, Irving L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; asexual development; Botryllus schlosseri; regeneration; stem cells; urochordate

Indexed keywords

BOTRYLLUS SCHLOSSERI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84918525453     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.2014.944673     Document Type: Article

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