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Hitoshi Sawada
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Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Hideyoshi Yokosawa
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Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Charles C. Lambert
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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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16 April 2021
Table of contents (69 chapters)
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Biologically Active Substances
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- S. A. Naranjo, H. B. Kukurtçu, C. Barbero, S. Martin, J. L. Carballo
Pages 355-360
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Heavy Metals
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Front Matter
Pages 361-361
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- Hitoshi Michibata, Taro Uyama, Tatsuya Ueki, Kan Kanamori
Pages 363-373
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- Loriano Ballarin, Francesca Cima
Pages 374-379
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Host-Defense Mechanisms
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Front Matter
Pages 381-381
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- Edwin L. Cooper, Nicolò Parrinello
Pages 383-394
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- Nicolò Parrinello, Matteo Cammarata, Mirella Vazzana, Vincenzo Arizza, Aiti Vizzini, Edwin L. Cooper
Pages 395-401
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- Aiti Vizzini, Vincenzo Arizza, Melchiorre Cervello, Cinzia Chinnici, Matteo Cammarata, Roberto Gambino et al.
Pages 402-407
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- Seita Miyazawa, Kaoru Azumi, Masaru Nonaka
Pages 408-413
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- Kaoru Azumi, Hideyoshi Yokosawa
Pages 414-418
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- Makoto Arai, Shin-Ichi Ohtake, Hiroyoshi Ohba, Kunio Tanaka, Joe Chiba
Pages 419-425
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- Baruch Rinkevich, Guy Paz, Jacob Douek, Rachel Ben-Shlomo
Pages 426-435
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- Sung-Ju Jung, Myung-Joo Oh, Tashuya Date, Satoru Suzuki
Pages 436-441
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- Giovanna Zaniolo, Loriano Ballarin
Pages 442-444
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- Shin-Ichi Ohtake, Teruhisa Ishii, Makoto Arai, Takeyuki Abe, Fumio Shishikura, Joe Chiba et al.
Pages 445-449
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- Tomoo Sawada, Teruhisa Ishii, Shin-Ichi Ohtake
Pages 450-453
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Food Science
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Front Matter
Pages 455-455
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- Osamu Inanami, Tohru Yamamori, Haruhisa Shionoya, Mikinori Kuwabara
Pages 457-462
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- Hideyuki Chiji, Chizuko Hayashi, Megumi Matsumoto
Pages 463-466
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Back Matter
Pages 467-470