Oikopleura dioica culturing made easy: A Low-Cost facility for an emerging animal model in EvoDevo

Genesis

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 183-193

  Martí Solans, Josep ^a   Ferrández Roldán, Alfonso ^a   Godoy Marín, Hector ^a   Badia Ramentol, Jordi ^a   Torres Aguila, Nuria P ^a   Rodríguez Marí, Adriana ^a,c   Bouquet, Jean Marie ^b   Chourrout, Daniel ^b   Thompson, Eric M ^b   Albalat, Ricard ^a   Cañestro, Cristian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c INSTITUTE FOR BIOENGINEERING OF CATALONIA IBEC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Appendicularian (larvacean) husbandry; Chordate developmental biology; Fecundity and fertilization success; Microalga cryopreservation; Tunicate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; INBRED STRAIN; LABORATORY; LABORATORY DEVICE; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; OIKOPLEURA DIOICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UROCHORDATA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING;

ANIMALIA; APPENDICULARIA (CLASS); CHAETOCEROS CALCITRANS; ISOCHRYSIS SP.; OIKOPLEURA DIOICA; RHINOMONAS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.;

CULTURE MEDIUM;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIA; MICROALGAE; MODELS, ANIMAL; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 84921547449     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: 1526968X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvg.22800     Document Type: Article

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