Evolution of Allorecognition in the Tunicata
Biology, 2020 Allorecognition, the ability to distinguish self or kin from unrelated conspecifics, plays several important biological roles in invertebrate animals. Two of these roles include negotiating limited benthic space for colonial invertebrates, and inbreeding
Marie L. Nydam
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Serotonin Receptors and Their Involvement in Melanization of Sensory Cells in Ciona intestinalis
Cells, 2023 Serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)) is a biogenic monoamine with pleiotropic functions. It exerts its roles by binding to specific 5-HT receptors (5HTRs) classified into different families and subtypes.
Silvia Mercurio +4 more
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The evolutionary origins of the vertebrate olfactory system [PDF]
Open Biology, 2020 Vertebrates develop an olfactory system that detects odorants and pheromones through their interaction with specialized cell surface receptors on olfactory sensory neurons.
Guillaume Poncelet +1 more
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Inflammatory hemocytes in Ciona intestinalis innate immune response [PDF]
Invertebrate Survival Journal, 2009 In the present paper an attempt is carried out to revise Ciona intestinalis inflammatory hemocytes according to their morphology as formerly observed by light and electron microscopy, and taking in account recent reports on innate immunity gene ...
V Arizza, D Parrinello
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Report on the 2013 Rapid Assessment Survey of Marine Species at New England Bays and Harbors [PDF]
, 2014 Introduced species (i.e., non-native species that have become established in a new location) have increasingly been recognized as a concern as they have become more prevalent in marine and terrestrial environments (Mooney and Cleland 2001; Simberloff et ...
Cao, Yuangyu +19 more
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De novo draft assembly of the Botrylloides leachii genome provides further insight into tunicate evolution [PDF]
, 2018 Tunicates are marine invertebrates that compose the closest phylogenetic group to the vertebrates. These chordates present a particularly diverse range of regenerative abilities and life-history strategies.
Blanchoud, Simon +4 more
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A novel third complement component C3 gene of Ciona intestinalis expressed in the endoderm at the early developmental stages [PDF]
Invertebrate Survival Journal, 2013 The third complement component (C3) in ascidian was reported to function as an opsonin to enhance phagocytosis and as a chemotactic factor for phagocytes, indicating that ascidian C3 works in mesodermal cavity as a humoral factor like vertebrate C3s.
T Hibino, M Nonaka
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 The pelagic tunicate pyrosome, Pyrosoma atlanticum, is known for its brilliant bioluminescence, but the mechanism causing this bioluminescence has not been fully characterized. This study identifies the bacterial bioluminescent symbionts of P. atlanticum
Alexis Berger +7 more
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Alkaloids from marine ascidians [PDF]
, 2011 About 300 alkaloid structures isolated from marine ascidians are discussed in term of their occurrence, structural type and reported pharmacol. activity.
FATTORUSSO, ERNESTO +2 more
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Rocky intertidal zonation pattern in Antofagasta, chile: invasive species and shellfish gathering.
PLoS ONE, 2014 BackgroundBiological invasions affecting rocky intertidal zonation patterns, yield information on species interactions. In the Bay of Antofagasta, northern Chile, the non-indigenous tunicate Pyura praeputialis, originally from Australia, has invaded (in ...
Juan Carlos Castilla +5 more
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