Stem Cells in Marine Organisms

Stem cells : autonomy interactors that emerge as causal agents and legitimate units of selection / Baruch Rinkevich -- Putative stem cell origins in solitary tunicates / Edwin L. Cooper -- Cnidarian interstitial cells : the dawn of stem cell research / Uri Frank, G??nter Plickert, and Werner A. M??ller -- Stem cells in aquatic invertebrates : common premises and emerging unique themes / Yuval Rinkevich, Valeria Matranga and Baruch Rinkevich -- Stem cells in asexual reproduction of marine invertebrates / Helen Nilsson Sk??ld ... [et al.] -- Neuroimmune chemical messengers and their conservation during evolution / George B. Stefano, Michel Salzet, and Enzo Ottaviani -- Regenerating echinoderms : a promise to understand stem cells potential / M. Daniela Candia-Carnevali, Michael C. Thorndyke, and Valeria Matranga -- Secondary mesenchyme cells as potential stem cells of the sea urchin embryo / Francesca Zito and Valeria Matranga -- Cell dynamics in early embryogenesis and pluripotent embryonic cell lines : from sea urchin to mammals / Anne-Marie Genevi??re ... [et al.] -- Regeneration in hemichordates and echinoderms / Amanda L. Rychel and Billie J. Swalla -- Stem cells in sexual and asexual reproduction of Botryllus schlosseri (Ascidiacea, Tunicata) : an overview / Loriana Ballarin and Lucia Manni -- Stem cells, chimerism and tolerance : lessons from mammals and ascidians / Ayelet Voskaboynik, Baruch Rinkevich, and Irving L. Weissman -- Effect of bacterial infection on stem cell pattern in Porifera / Werner E.G. M??ller ... [et al.] -- Defence mechanisms and stem cells in Holothuria polii and Sipunculus nudus / Giuseppina D'Ancona Lunetta.