Solitary ascidians are hermaphrodites that release sperm and eggs simultaneously. However, many species are self-sterile, owing to a self/non-self recognition system operating at the outer surface of ...

Researchers have elucidated the evolutionary origins of placodes and neural crests, which are defining features of vertebrates, through lineage tracing and genetic analysis in Ciona intestinalis, a ...

IN the issue of NATURE for November 3, p. 653, there appears a letter from my old friend and former colleague, Mr. H. M. Fox, in which he records an attempt which he made this summer to repeat Dr.

Researchers conducted single-cell gene expression analysis to uncover the effects of manipulation of the sensory cell regulator POU IV in the protovertebrate Ciona intestinalis. Alteration of POU IV ...

image: Researchers from the University of Tsukuba conducted single-cell gene expression analysis to uncover the effects of manipulation of the sensory cell regulator POU IV in the protovertebrate ...