Publications
ABC-transporter activity and autocrine eicosanoid-signaling are required for germ cell migration a basal chordate. BioRxiv. 469098
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2019. The biology of the extracorporeal vasculature of Botryllus schlosseri.. Dev Biol. 448(2):309-319.
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2019. Cellular and molecular mechanisms of regeneration in colonial and solitary Ascidians.. Dev Biol. 448(2):271-278.
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2019. Allorecognition and Stem Cell Parasitism: A Tale of Competition, Selfish Genes and Greenbeards in a Basal Chordate. Origin and Evolution of Biodiversity. :131-142.
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2018. Balancing selection on allorecognition genes in the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri.. Dev Comp Immunol. 69:60-74.
nydam_et_al_2017.pdf (1.07 MB)
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2017. 
In vivo manipulation of the extracellular matrix induces vascular regression in a basal chordate.. Mol Biol Cell. 28(14):1883-1893.
mol._biol._cell-2017-rodriguez-1883-93.pdf (2.71 MB)
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2017. 
Colonial ascidians as model organisms for the study of germ cells, fertility, whole body regeneration, vascular biology and aging.. Curr Opin Genet Dev. 39:101-106.
kassmer_et_al_2016_cogd.pdf (1.19 MB)
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2016. 
Botryllus schlosseri allorecognition: tackling the enigma.. Dev Comp Immunol. 48(1):254-65.
taketa_review_2015.pdf (1.24 MB)
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2015. 
Migration of germline progenitor cells is directed by sphingosine-1-phosphate signalling in a basal chordate.. Nat Commun. 6:8565.
kassmer_et_al_2015.pdf (2.98 MB)
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2015. 
Molecular evolution and in vitro characterization of Botryllus histocompatibility factor.. Immunogenetics. 67(10):605-23.
taketa_et_al_2015.pdf (8.87 MB)
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2015. 
Whole-mount fluorescent in situ hybridization staining of the colonial tunicate Botryllus schlosseri.. Genesis. 53(1):194-201.
langenbacher_in_situ_2015.pdf (578.56 KB)
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2015. 
Analysis of the basal chordate Botryllus schlosseri reveals a set of genes associated with fertility.. BMC Genomics. 15:1183.
rodriguez_2014_transcriptome.pdf (5.35 MB)
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2014. 
The candidate histocompatibility locus of a Basal chordate encodes two highly polymorphic proteins.. PLoS One. 8(6):e65980.
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2013. Evidence for selection on a chordate histocompatibility locus.. Evolution. 67(2):487-500.
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2013. Molecular evolution of a polymorphic HSP40-like protein encoded in the histocompatibility locus of an invertebrate chordate.. Dev Comp Immunol. 41(2):128-36.
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2013. The fester locus in Botryllus schlosseri experiences selection.. BMC Evol Biol. 12:249.
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2012. Allorecognition in a basal chordate consists of independent activating and inhibitory pathways.. Immunity. 34(4):616-26.
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2011. Characterization of HCN and cardiac function in a colonial ascidian.. J Exp Zool A Ecol Genet Physiol. 315(8):476-86.
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2011. Creation and maintenance of variation in allorecognition Loci: molecular analysis in various model systems.. Front Immunol. 2:79.
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2011. Germline cell formation and gonad regeneration in solitary and colonial ascidians.. Dev Dyn. 240(2):299-308.
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2011. Growth and long-term somatic and germline chimerism following fusion of juvenile Botryllus schlosseri.. Biol Bull. 220(1):57-70.
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2011. Molecular mechanisms of allorecognition in a basal chordate.. Semin Immunol. 22(1):34-8.
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