Its simple body plan and basal position in the chordate lineage make it an ideal ... and the formation of the nervous system, providing insights into the evolutionary transitions that led to ...

Tunicates, also known as sea squirts, are fascinating marine organisms that belong to the phylum Chordata ... and loss of nervous system function[1]. Another significant aspect of tunicate ...

To address these questions, I am using the invertebrate chordate Ciona. Ciona with its fast development and fixed lineages, is an incredible model. During metamorphosis, most of the Ciona larval ...