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The Biology of Ascidians

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Editors:
  1. Hitoshi Sawada

    1. Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

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  2. Hideyoshi Yokosawa

    1. Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

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  3. Charles C. Lambert

    1. Department of Biological Science, California State University Fullerton, Seattle, USA

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Ascidians are the invertebrate group that gave rise to vertebrates, thus the biology of ascidians provides an essential key to understanding both invertebrates and vertebrates. This book is the first to cover all areas of ascidian biology, including development, evolution, biologically active substances, heavy metal accumulation, asexual reproduction, host-defense mechanisms, allorecognition mechanisms, comparative immunology, neuroscience, taxonomy, ecology, genome science, and food science. The 69 articles that make up the collection were contributed by leading ascidiologists from all over the world who participated in the First International Symposium on the Biology of Ascidians, held in June 2000 in Sapporo, Japan. For scientists and students alike, the book is an invaluable source of information from the latest, most comprehensive studies of ascidian biology.

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Table of contents (69 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages II-XXVII
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  2. Fertilization and Egg Activation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Structural and Molecular Investigations on the Egg Coat in Phallusia mammillata

      • Thomas G. Honegger, Monika Füglister
      Pages 3-8

    3. Analysis of the Self-sterility in Halocynthia roretzi

      • Naoyuki Murabe, Motonori Hoshi
      Pages 9-13

    4. Further Observations on the Molecular Bases of Gamete Self-discrimination in Ciona intestinalis: Seasonal Variation of Self-sterility Rate

      • Rosaria De Santis, Rita Marino, Maria Rosaria Pinto
      Pages 14-17

    5. Self-nonself Recognition and Lysin System in Fertilization of the Ascidian Halocynthia roretzi

      • Hitoshi Sawada, Hideyoshi Yokosawa
      Pages 18-23

    6. Fertilization-induced Glycosidase Release and Interspecific Sperm Competition in Ascidians

      • Charles C. Lambert
      Pages 24-29

    7. Cell Signaling in Ascidian Sperm: Upstream and Downstream of Internal Calcium Release

      • Robert A. Koch, Kathleen Allen, Ju Kim, Ali Lotfizadeh
      Pages 30-35

    8. Sperm-triggered Calcium Oscillations at Fertilization

      • Alex McDougall
      Pages 36-46

    9. Diversity of Calcium Channels Involved in Meiosis Resumption of Ascidian Oocytes

      • Mireille Albrieux, Christophe Arnoult, Didier Grunwald, Marie-Jo Moutin, Michel Villaz
      Pages 47-53

    10. Ascidian Sperm Acrosin and Spermosin: Structures and Roles in Fertilization

      • Eri Kodama, Tadashi Baba, Hideyoshi Yokosawa, Hitoshi Sawada
      Pages 54-59

    11. Acrosome Differentiation in Ciona intestinalis Spermatozoa and Some Speculations on Ascidian Fertilization

      • Makoto Fukumoto
      Pages 60-66

    12. Follicle Cells of Styela plicata Eggs (Ascidiacea)

      • Luisanna Villa, Eleonora Patricolo
      Pages 67-73

    13. High Level of Protein Ubiquitination in Ascidian Sperm

      • Kazuo Inaba
      Pages 74-79

    14. Calcium Transients Signal Ooplasmic Segregation through the Small GTPase rho in Ascidian Eggs

      • Manabu Yoshida, Yuji Horiuchi, Masaaki Morisawa
      Pages 80-85

    15. Cell Signalings for Activation of Motility and Chemotaxis in the Sperm of Ciona

      • Masaaki Morisawa, Hiroko Izumi, Manabu Yoshida, Yoshitaka Oka
      Pages 86-91

    16. Roles of MLCK and PI3 Kinase on Deformationand Ooplasmic Segregation at Fertilization in the Egg of Ciona savignyi

      • Noburu Sensui, Manabu Yoshida, Masaaki Morisawa
      Pages 92-96

    17. Identification of Phallusia mammillata Egg β-N-Acetylhexosaminidase with a Potential Role in Prevention of Polyspermy

      • Markus Eisenhut, Thomas G. Honegger
      Pages 97-101

    18. The “Complex” Ascidiosperm of Aplousobranchs

      • Gian Bruno Martinucci, Mila Della Barbera, Francesco Boldrin, Paolo Burighel
      Pages 102-105

  3. Reproductive Biology and Neuroscience

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 107-107
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

    Hitoshi Sawada, Hideyoshi Yokosawa

  • Department of Biological Science, California State University Fullerton, Seattle, USA

    Charles C. Lambert

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Biology of Ascidians

  • Editors: Hitoshi Sawada, Hideyoshi Yokosawa, Charles C. Lambert

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-66982-1

  • Publisher: Springer Tokyo

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Japan 2001

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-4-431-70296-2Published: 01 May 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-4-431-66984-5Published: 03 October 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-4-431-66982-1Published: 29 June 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVII, 470

  • Topics: Zoology, Cell Biology

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