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(en) Alexandre Alié, Laurel S. Hiebert, Marta Scelzo et Stefano Tiozzo, «The eventful history of nonembryonic development in tunicates», Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, vol.n/a, non/a, (ISSN1552-5015, DOI10.1002/jez.b.22940, lire en ligne, consulté le )
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(en) Frédéric Delsuc, Henner Brinkmann, Daniel Chourrout et Hervé Philippe, «Tunicates and not cephalochordates are the closest living relatives of vertebrates», Nature, vol.439, no7079, , p.965-968 (ISSN0028-0836 et 1476-4687, DOI10.1038/nature04336, résumé, lire en ligne).
Hirose, E., Nakashima, K. et Nishino, A., «Is there intracellular cellulose in the appendicularian tail epidermis? A tale of the adult tail of an invertebrate chordate», Communicative & Integrative Biology, vol.4, no6, , p.768–771 (PMID22446551, PMCID3306355, DOI10.4161/cib.17757)
(en) Alexandre Alié, Laurel S. Hiebert, Marta Scelzo et Stefano Tiozzo, «The eventful history of nonembryonic development in tunicates», Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, vol.n/a, non/a, (ISSN1552-5015, DOI10.1002/jez.b.22940, lire en ligne, consulté le )