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Tunicate

Caption: Recognized as one of the closest relatives to vertebrates, the colonial urochordate Botrylloides leachi possesses unique modes for propagating and regenerating that make this species a robust model organism for studying diverse biological issues related to development, immunology, stem cells and regeneration.

Credit: Reshef et al.

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