Stem Cells in Marine Organisms - Rinkevich, Baruch; Matranga, Valeria; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2009)
Stem Cells: Autonomy Interactors that Emerge as Causal Agents and Legitimate Units of Selection -- Putative Stem Cell Origins in Solitary Tunicates -- Cnidarian Interstitial Cells: The Dawn of Stem Cell Research -- Stem Cells in Aquatic Invertebrates: Common Premises and Emerging Unique Themes -- Stem Cells in Asexual Reproduction of Marine Invertebrates -- Neuroimmune Chemical Messengers and Their Conservation During Evolution -- Regenerating Echinoderms: A Promise to Understand Stem Cells Potential -- Secondary Mesenchyme Cells as Potential Stem Cells of the Sea Urchin Embryo -- Cell Dynamics in Early Embryogenesis and Pluripotent Embryonic Cell Lines: From Sea Urchin to Mammals -- Regeneration in Hemichordates and Echinoderms -- Stem Cells in Sexual and Asexual Reproduction of Botryllus schlosseri (Ascidiacea, Tunicata): An Overview -- Stem Cells, Chimerism and Tolerance: Lessons from Mammals and Ascidians -- Effect of Bacterial Infection on Stem Cell Pattern in Porifera -- Defence Mechanisms and Stem Cells in Holothuria polii and Sipunculus nudus.
Keywords: Marine sciences; Freshwater; Stem cells; Developmental biology; Invertebrates; Marine & Freshwater Sciences; Stem Cells; Developmental Biology; Invertebrates