Mouth opening is mediated by separation of dorsal and ventral daughter cells of the lip precursor cells in the larvacean, Oikopleura dioica

A chordate species lacking Nodal utilizes calcium oscillation and Bmp for left–right patterning

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Differentiation and Induced Sensorial Alteration of the Coronal Organ in the Asexual Life of a Tunicate

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Developmental signature, synaptic connectivity and neurotransmission are conserved between vertebrate hair cells and tunicate coronal cells

(2018) Francesca Rigon et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

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(2017) Justin Chen et al.   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Developmental Biology

Internal and external morphology of adults of the appendicularian, Oikopleura dioica: an SEM study

(2016) Takeshi A. Onuma et al.   CELL AND TISSUE RESEARCH

Physical association between a novel plasma-membrane structure and centrosome orients cell division

(2016) Takefumi Negishi et al.   eLife

High-precision morphology: bifocal 4D-microscopy enables the comparison of detailed cell lineages of two chordate species separated for more than 525 million years

(2015) Thomas Stach et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

DNA interference: DNA-induced gene silencing in the appendicularian Oikopleura dioica

(2015) T. Omotezako et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Long-distance cell migration during larval development in the appendicularian, Oikopleura dioica

(2014) Kanae Kishi et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

The evolutionary history of vertebrate cranial placodes – I: Cell type evolution

(2014) Cedric Patthey et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

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

(2014) Josep Martí-Solans et al.   GENESIS

Evolutionary diversification of secondary mechanoreceptor cells in tunicata

(2013) Francesca Rigon et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

RNA interference in the appendicularian Oikopleura dioica reveals the function of the Brachyury gene

(2013) Tatsuya Omotezako et al.   DEVELOPMENT GENES AND EVOLUTION

The origin and evolution of the ectodermal placodes

(2012) Anthony Graham et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

Development and evolution of the vertebrate primary mouth

(2012) Vladimír Soukup et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

Development of the appendicularian Oikopleura dioica: Culture, genome, and cell lineages

(2010) Hiroki Nishida   DEVELOPMENT GROWTH & DIFFERENTIATION

The ascidian mouth opening is derived from the anterior neuropore: Reassessing the mouth/neural tube relationship in chordate evolution

(2010) Michael T. Veeman et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Hair cells in non-vertebrate models: Lower chordates and molluscs

(2010) P. Burighel et al.   HEARING RESEARCH

Plasticity of Animal Genome Architecture Unmasked by Rapid Evolution of a Pelagic Tunicate

(2010) F. Denoeud et al.   SCIENCE

Culture optimization for the emergent zooplanktonic model organism Oikopleura dioica

(2009) J.-M. Bouquet et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANKTON RESEARCH

Cleavage pattern, gastrulation, and neurulation in the appendicularian, Oikopleura dioica

(2008) Setsuko Fujii et al.   DEVELOPMENT GENES AND EVOLUTION

Lifeact: a versatile marker to visualize F-actin

(2008) Julia Riedl et al.   NATURE METHODS

Embryology of a planktonic tunicate reveals traces of sessility

(2008) T. Stach et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA