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Muscle differentiation in a colonial ascidian: organisation, gene expression and evolutionary considerations

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Background: Ascidians are tunicates, the taxon recently proposed as sister group to the vertebrates. They possess a chordate-like swimming larva, which metamorphoses into a sessile adult. Several ascidian species form colonies of clonal individuals by asexual reproduction. During their life cycle, ascidians present three muscle types: striated in larval tail, striated in the heart, and unstriated in the adult body-wall.

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10.1186/1471-213X-9-48

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Zoology
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Author
Publisher:
BioMed Central Publisher's website
Journal:
BMC Developmental Biology Journal website
Volume:
9
Article number:
48
Publication date:
2009-09-08
Acceptance date:
2009-09-08
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1471-213X
Language:
English
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uuid:12b708a8-b0c2-42dc-bfc4-c9429db052b3
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pubs:211058
Source identifiers:
211058
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2013-11-16

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