A Gene Regulatory Network for the Specification of Immunocytes in an Invertebrate Model System

Hematopoietic systems in vertebrates have been the focus of intense study. However immunocyte development is well characterized in very few invertebrate groups. The sea urchin is an attractive model for the study of immune cell development. Larval immunocytes, pigment cells and derivatives of the...

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Main Author: Solek, Cynthia
Other Authors: Rast, Jonathan
Language:en_ca
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/32897