Colony specificity in Botrylloides leachi. II. Cellular aspects of the non-fusion reaction [PDF]
Invertebrate Survival Journal, 2007 We continued our study on fusion and non-fusion reactions in the compound ascidian Botrylloides leachi with particular attention to the role of hemocytes in the induction of the strong cytotoxic reaction observed when genetically incompatible colonies ...
L Ballarin, G Zaniolo
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Kin Competition Drives the Evolution of Earlier Metamorphosis. [PDF]
Ecol EvolWe develop a mathematical model to investigate how kin selection shapes the optimal timing of metamorphosis. We consider the full range of larval competition intensities and the full range of relatedness coefficients. This yields testable predictions as to how kin selection modulates the timing of metamorphosis.
Dong B, Gardner A.
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Lessons on neurodegeneration and aging from the Lagoon of Venice: the marine invertebrate Botryllus schlosseri. [PDF]
Brain CommunIn this work, the authors proposed a novel and interesting animal model for studying human neurodegenerative diseases, Botryllus schlosseri, a small invertebrate inhabiting temperate seas worldwide, which shares remarkable similarities with mammals in ...
Bocci T +8 more
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Data on four apoptosis-related genes in the colonial tunicate Botryllus schlosseri
Data in Brief, 2016 The data described are related to the article entitled “Recurrent phagocytosis-induced apoptosis in the cyclical generation change of the compound ascidian Botryllus schlosseri” (Franchi et al., 2016) [1].
Nicola Franchi +4 more
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Ontology for the asexual development and anatomy of the colonial chordate Botryllus schlosseri.
PLoS ONE, 2014 Ontologies provide an important resource to integrate information. For developmental biology and comparative anatomy studies, ontologies of a species are used to formalize and annotate data that are related to anatomical structures, their lineage and ...
Lucia Manni +7 more
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Allorecognition, the ability of an organism to distinguish kin from non-kin, or self from non-self, has been studied extensively in a group of invertebrate chordates, the colonial ascidians called botryllids (Subphylum Tunicata, Class Ascidiacea, Family ...
Marie L. Nydam +9 more
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Transduction pathways involved in morula cells degranulation in the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri. [PDF]
, 2023 openQuando due colonie incompatibili dell’ascidia Botryllus schlosseri vengono a contatto, avviene una reazione di repulsione, caratterizzata dalla formazione di zone necrotiche chiamate: “punti di rigetto”.
BERTON, ALESSANDRO
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Immunobiology of compound ascidians, with particular reference to Botryllus schlosseri: state of art [PDF]
Invertebrate Survival Journal, 2008 The phylogenetic position of invertebrate chordates closely related to vertebrates explains the increasing interest towards tunicate immunobiology. Most of the tunicates are ascidians which, like all other invertebrates, rely only on innate immunity for ...
L Ballarin
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Toward a resolution of the cosmopolitan Botryllus schlosseri species complex (Ascidiacea, Styelidae): mitogenomics and morphology of clade E (Botryllus gaiae) [PDF]
, 2020 Botryllus schlosseri is a model colonial ascidian and a marine invader. It is currently recognized as a species complex comprising five genetically divergent clades, with clade A globally distributed and clade E found only in Europe.
Francesca Griggio +9 more
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