Tunicate (English Wikipedia)

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Yang, Chuan; Li, Xian-Hua; Zhu, Maoyan; Condon, Daniel J.; Chen, Junyuan (2018). "Geochronological constraint on the Cambrian Chengjiang biota, South China" (PDF). Journal of the Geological Society. 175 (4): 659–666. Bibcode:2018JGSoc.175..659Y. doi:10.1144/jgs2017-103. ISSN 0016-7649. S2CID 135091168.
Fedonkin, M. A.; Vickers-Rich, P.; Swalla, B. J.; Trusler, P.; Hall, M. (2012). "A new metazoan from the Vendian of the White Sea, Russia, with possible affinities to the ascidians". Paleontological Journal. 46 (1): 1–11. Bibcode:2012PalJ...46....1F. doi:10.1134/S0031030112010042. S2CID 128415270.
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Bone, Q., and K. P. Ryan (1974). "On the Structure and Innervation of the Muscle Bands of Doliolum (Tunicata: Cyclomyaria)". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 187 (1088): 315–327. Bibcode:1974RSPSB.187..315B. doi:10.1098/rspb.1974.0077. JSTOR 76405. PMID 4154453. S2CID 20806327. Retrieved 13 May 2023.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Alié, Alexandre; Hiebert, Laurel S.; Scelzo, Marta; Tiozzo, Stefano (19 March 2020). "The eventful history of nonembryonic development in tunicates". Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution. 336 (3): 250–266. Bibcode:2021JEZB..336..250A. doi:10.1002/jez.b.22940. PMID 32190983. S2CID 213181394.
Delsuc, F.; Brinkmann, H.; Chourrout, D.; Philippe, H. (2006). "Tunicates and not cephalochordates are the closest living relatives of vertebrates" (PDF). Nature. 439 (7079): 965–968. Bibcode:2006Natur.439..965D. doi:10.1038/nature04336. PMID 16495997. S2CID 4382758.
Delsuc, F.; Tsagkogeorga, G.; Lartillot, N.; Philippe, H. (2008). "Additional molecular support for the new chordate phylogeny". Genesis. 46 (11): 592–604. doi:10.1002/dvg.20450. PMID 19003928. S2CID 205771088.
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Tsagkogeorga, G.; Turon, X.; Hopcroft, R. R.; Tilak, M. K.; Feldstein, T.; Shenkar, N.; Loya, Y.; Huchon, D.; Douzery, E. J.; Delsuc, F. (2009). "An updated 18S rRNA phylogeny of tunicates based on mixture and secondary structure models". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 9 (1): 187. Bibcode:2009BMCEE...9..187T. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-9-187. PMC 2739199. PMID 19656395.
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Tokioka, Takasi (30 June 1971). "Phylogenetic Speculation of the Tunicata" (PDF). Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory. 19 (1): 47. doi:10.5134/175655. S2CID 55491438.
Franchi, Nicola; Ballarin, Loriano (2017). "Immunity in Protochordates: The Tunicate Perspective". Frontiers in Immunology. 8: 674. doi:10.3389/fimmu.2017.00674. PMC 5465252. PMID 28649250.
Giribet, Gonzalo (2018). "Phylogenomics resolves the evolutionary chronicle of our squirting closest relatives". BMC Biology. 16 (1): 49. doi:10.1186/s12915-018-0517-4. PMC 5924484. PMID 29703197.
Chen, Jun-Yuan; Huang, Di-Ying; Peng, Qing-Qing; Chi, Hui-Mei; Wang,Xiu-Qiang; Feng, Man (2003). "The first tunicate from the Early Cambrian of South China". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100 (14): 8314–8318. Bibcode:2003PNAS..100.8314C. doi:10.1073/pnas.1431177100. PMC 166226. PMID 12835415.
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Yang, Chuan; Li, Xian-Hua; Zhu, Maoyan; Condon, Daniel J.; Chen, Junyuan (2018). "Geochronological constraint on the Cambrian Chengjiang biota, South China" (PDF). Journal of the Geological Society. 175 (4): 659–666. Bibcode:2018JGSoc.175..659Y. doi:10.1144/jgs2017-103. ISSN 0016-7649. S2CID 135091168.
Fedonkin, M. A.; Vickers-Rich, P.; Swalla, B. J.; Trusler, P.; Hall, M. (2012). "A new metazoan from the Vendian of the White Sea, Russia, with possible affinities to the ascidians". Paleontological Journal. 46 (1): 1–11. Bibcode:2012PalJ...46....1F. doi:10.1134/S0031030112010042. S2CID 128415270.
Martyshyn, Andrej; Uchman, Alfred (1 December 2021). "New Ediacaran fossils from the Ukraine, some with a putative tunicate relationship". PalZ. 95 (4): 623–639. Bibcode:2021PalZ...95..623M. doi:10.1007/s12542-021-00596-1. ISSN 1867-6812. S2CID 244957825.
Bone, Q., and K. P. Ryan (1974). "On the Structure and Innervation of the Muscle Bands of Doliolum (Tunicata: Cyclomyaria)". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 187 (1088): 315–327. Bibcode:1974RSPSB.187..315B. doi:10.1098/rspb.1974.0077. JSTOR 76405. PMID 4154453. S2CID 20806327. Retrieved 13 May 2023.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Alié, Alexandre; Hiebert, Laurel S.; Scelzo, Marta; Tiozzo, Stefano (19 March 2020). "The eventful history of nonembryonic development in tunicates". Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution. 336 (3): 250–266. Bibcode:2021JEZB..336..250A. doi:10.1002/jez.b.22940. PMID 32190983. S2CID 213181394.
Delsuc, F.; Brinkmann, H.; Chourrout, D.; Philippe, H. (2006). "Tunicates and not cephalochordates are the closest living relatives of vertebrates" (PDF). Nature. 439 (7079): 965–968. Bibcode:2006Natur.439..965D. doi:10.1038/nature04336. PMID 16495997. S2CID 4382758.
Tsagkogeorga, G.; Turon, X.; Hopcroft, R. R.; Tilak, M. K.; Feldstein, T.; Shenkar, N.; Loya, Y.; Huchon, D.; Douzery, E. J.; Delsuc, F. (2009). "An updated 18S rRNA phylogeny of tunicates based on mixture and secondary structure models". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 9 (1): 187. Bibcode:2009BMCEE...9..187T. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-9-187. PMC 2739199. PMID 19656395.
Chen, Jun-Yuan; Huang, Di-Ying; Peng, Qing-Qing; Chi, Hui-Mei; Wang,Xiu-Qiang; Feng, Man (2003). "The first tunicate from the Early Cambrian of South China". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100 (14): 8314–8318. Bibcode:2003PNAS..100.8314C. doi:10.1073/pnas.1431177100. PMC 166226. PMID 12835415.
Wendt, Jobst (25 July 2018). Hautmann, Michael (ed.). "The first tunicate with a calcareous exoskeleton (Upper Triassic, northern Italy)". Palaeontology. 61 (4): 575–595. Bibcode:2018Palgy..61..575W. doi:10.1111/pala.12356. S2CID 135456629 – via CrossRef.
Daugavet, M. A.; Dobrynina, M. I.; Shaposhnikova, T. G.; Solovyeva, A. I.; Mittenberg, A. G.; Shabelnikov, S. V.; Babkina, I. Yu; Grinchenko, A. V.; Ilyaskina, D. V.; Podgornaya, O. I. (22 August 2022). "New putative phenol oxidase in ascidian blood cells". Scientific Reports. 12 (1): 14326. Bibcode:2022NatSR..1214326D. doi:10.1038/s41598-022-18283-9. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 9395347. PMID 35995990.
Odate, S. & Pawlik, J.R. (2007). "The role of vanadium in the chemical defense of the solitary tunicate, Phallusia nigra". Journal of Chemical Ecology. 33 (3): 643–654. Bibcode:2007JCEco..33..643O. doi:10.1007/s10886-007-9251-z. PMID 17265174. S2CID 116921.
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