Germline cell formation and gonad regeneration in solitary and colonial ascidians

Vasa genes: Emerging roles in the germ line and in multipotent cells

(2010) Eric A. Gustafson et al.   BIOESSAYS

Ascidian follicle cells: Multifunctional adjuncts to maturation and development

(2010) Charles C. Lambert   DEVELOPMENT GROWTH & DIFFERENTIATION

Hemoblasts in colonial tunicates: Are they stem cells or tissue-restricted progenitor cells?

(2010) Kaz Kawamura et al.   DEVELOPMENT GROWTH & DIFFERENTIATION

Piwi-expressing hemoblasts serve as germline stem cells during postembryonic germ cell specification in colonial ascidian, Botryllus primigenus

(2010) Takeshi Sunanaga et al.   DEVELOPMENT GROWTH & DIFFERENTIATION

Early lineage specification of long-lived germline precursors in the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri

(2009) F. D. Brown et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Actin microfilaments guide the polarized transport of nuclear pore complexes and the cytoplasmic dispersal of Vasa mRNA during GVBD in the ascidian Halocynthia roretzi

(2009) François Prodon et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Vasa and the germ line lineage in a colonial urochordate

(2009) Amalia Rosner et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Vasa and nanos are coexpressed in somatic and germ line tissue from early embryonic cleavage stages through adulthood in the polychaete Capitella sp. I

(2008) Kariena K. Dill et al.   DEVELOPMENT GENES AND EVOLUTION

The role of Nanos homologue in gametogenesis and blastogenesis with special reference to male germ cell formation in the colonial ascidian, Botryllus primigenus

(2008) Takeshi Sunanaga et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Cell proliferation dynamics of somatic and germline tissues during zooidal life span in the colonial tunicateBotryllus primigenus

(2008) Kazuo Kawamura et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL DYNAMICS