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Self- and cross-fertilization in the solitary ascidian Ciona savignyi.
The Biological bulletin - 1 Oct 2005
Jiang Di, Smith William C
Abstract excerpt
Solitary ascidians are hermaphrodites that release sperm and eggs simultaneously. However, many species are self-sterile, owing to a self/non-self recognition system operating at the outer surface of the chorion during sperm-egg interaction. In Ciona intestinalis, self-incompatibility is thought to have a genetic basis. Here, we report a survey of the self-fertilization potential of a Santa Barbara, California,...
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