Tunicates encompass a large group of marine filter‐feeding animals and more than half of
them are able to reproduce asexually by a particular form of nonembryonic development …

Nearly half of the animal phyla contain species that propagate asexually via agametic
reproduction, often forming colonies of genetically identical modules, that is, ramets, zooids …

Current phylogenomic methods are still a long way from implementing a realistic genome
evolution model. An ideal approach would require a general joint analysis of genomic …

Colonial ascidians are the only chordates able to undergo whole body regeneration (WBR),
during which entire new bodies can be regenerated from small fragments of blood vessels …

Higher diversity and dominance at lower latitudes has been suggested for colonial species.
We verified this pattern in species richness of ascidians, finding that higher colonial-to …

Adult stem cells (ASCs) in vertebrates and model invertebrates (eg Drosophila
melanogaster) are typically long‐lived, lineage‐restricted, clonogenic and quiescent cells …

Extensive regenerative ability is a common trait of animals capable of asexual development.
The current study reveals the extraordinary regeneration abilities of the solitary ascidian …

Background In various ascidian species, circulating stem cells have been documented to be
involved in asexual reproduction and whole-body regeneration. Studies of these cell …

Collagen triple helix repeat containing protein 1 (Cthrc1) is a secreted glycoprotein reported
to regulate collagen deposition and to be linked to the Transforming growth factor β/Bone …

Ascidians have the potential to reveal fundamental biological insights related to coloniality,
regeneration, immune function, and the evolution of these traits. This study implements a …