Botrylloides leachi
| Botrylloides leachi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Tunicata |
| Class: | Ascidiacea |
| Order: | Pleurogona |
| Family: | Botryllidae |
| Genus: | Botrylloides |
| Species: | B. leachi |
| Binomial name | |
| Botrylloides leachi (Savigny, 1816) | |
Botrylloides leachi is a colonial tunicate of the genus Botrylloides. Its unique methods of propagation and regeneration make it an ideal model organism for use in biological study of development, immunology, stem cells, and regeneration.
References
- Liza Gross (2007). "From one to many and back again: a systemic signal triggers tunicate regeneration". PLoS Biology 5 (4): e98. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0050098. PMC 1808483. PMID 20076668.
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