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Tunicate Biology

Tunicate Biology is a subdiscipline of Marine Invertebrate Zoology that focuses on the morphology, development, ecology, and evolution of tunicates, a sister group to vertebrates within the phylum Chordata, distinguished by their unique cellular and molecular adaptations to sessile or pelagic marine life.

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2017–2026

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Publications

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Tunicates and not cephalochordates are the closest living relatives of vertebrates

Frédéric Delsuc, Henner Brinkmann, Daniel Chourrout et al. · Nature · 2006 · 1.7K citations

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Morphological evidence that the molecularly determined<i>Ciona intestinalis</i>type A and type B are different species:<i>Ciona robusta</i>and<i>Ciona intestinalis</i>

Riccardo Brunetti, Carmela Gissi, Roberta Pennati et al. · Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research · 2015 · 293 citations · Full text

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The Morphology of the Tunicata, and its bearings on the Phylogeny of the Chordata

Walter Garstang · Journal of Cell Science · 1928 · 283 citations

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A phylogenomic framework and timescale for comparative studies of tunicates

Frédéric Delsuc, Hervé Philippe, Georgia Tsagkogeorga et al. · BMC Biology · 2018 · 238 citations · Full text

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Cytological Basis of Photoresponsive Behavior in a Sponge Larva

Sally P. Leys, Bernard M. Degnan · Biological Bulletin · 2001 · 210 citations

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Authors

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  1. KK
    Kenneth Kustin

    Brandeis University, United States

    10 publications · 484 citations

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  2. EL
    Edwin L. Cooper

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    9 publications · 429 citations

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  3. DA
    David A. Raftos

    Macquarie University, Australia

    9 publications · 283 citations

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  4. EH
    Euichi Hirose

    University of the Ryukyus, Japan

    7 publications · 155 citations

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  5. BR
    Baruch Rinkevich

    Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, Israel

    7 publications · 312 citations

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Institutions

427

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    19 h-index

    97 publications

    7.9K citations

  2. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    14 h-index

    31 publications

    1.3K citations

  3. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    12 h-index

    45 publications

    2.8K citations

  4. University of Padua

    Padua, Italy

    10 h-index

    40 publications

    2.1K citations

  5. Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn

    Naples, Italy

    10 h-index

    30 publications

    1.2K citations

  6. Kyoto University

    Kyoto, Japan

    9 h-index

    36 publications

    2K citations

  7. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    8 h-index

    15 publications

    1K citations

  8. University of Tsukuba

    Tsukuba, Japan

    8 h-index

    30 publications

    1.1K citations

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Venues

  1. Aquatic Invasions

    18 publications · 824 citations

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  2. Tetrahedron Letters

    11 publications · 390 citations

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  3. Biological Bulletin

    10 publications · 683 citations

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  4. Journal of Cell Science

    8 publications · 513 citations

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  5. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 7 publications · 785 citations

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