Table of Contents
PREFACE ix
CHAPTER 1 A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO ASCIDIANS 1
CHAPTER 2 THE DEVELOPMENT OF TADPOLE LARVAE AND SESSILE JUVENILES 9
CHAPTER 3 GENOMICS, TRANSCRIPTOMICS, AND PROTEOMICS 19
CHAPTER 4 RESEARCH TOOLS 31
CHAPTER 5 THE FUNCTION AND REGULATION OF MATERNAL TRANSCRIPTS 41
CHAPTER 6 LARVAL TAIL MUSCLE 53
CHAPTER 7 ENDODERM 63
CHAPTER 8 EPIDERMIS 69
CHAPTER 9 NOTOCHORD 77
CHAPTER 10 THE LARVAL AND ADULT NERVOUS SYSTEMS 89
CHAPTER 11 MESENCHYME 107
CHAPTER 12 MAKING BLUEPRINT OF CHORDATE BODY: DYNAMIC ACTIVITIES OF REGULATORY GENES 113
CHAPTER 13 DEVELOPMENT OF THE JUVENILE HEART 137
CHAPTER 14 GERM-CELL LINE, GAMETES, FERTILIZATION, AND METAMORPHOSIS 145
CHAPTER 15 INNATE IMMUNE SYSTEM AND BLOOD CELLS 159
CHAPTER 16 COLONIAL ASCIDIANS: ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION AND COLONY SPECIFICITY 167
CHAPTER 17 EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL GENOMICS 175
INDEX 193
