Sea Vase
Ciona intestinalis
Summary 2
Ciona intestinalis or vase tunicate is a Urochordata (sea squirt) whose genome has been sequenced. It has become, over the past decade, a major experimental model for developmental biologists. It is widely distributed in North European waters, but has also spread to other parts of the world as an invasive species.
Fuentes y créditos
- (c) Eric Burgers, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/12224827@N07/3337952426
- (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciona_intestinalis
