Article
Allorecognition in compound ascidians.
The International journal of developmental biology - 1 Jun 1994
Saito Y, Hirose E, Watanabe H
Abstract excerpt
In botryllids (colonial ascidians), there are two types of allorecognition: colony specificity and colony resorption. Colony specificity is manifested by fusion and rejection between two conspecific colonies. The genetic basis for this colony specificity resides in a single highly polymorphic gen...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Biological Evolution
- Isoantigens
- Transplantation Immunology
- Urochordata