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The protochordates (amphioxus and tunicates) occupy a pivotal position in chordate phylogeny, being the closest living invertebrates to the vertebrates. In spite of their evolutionary significance, these animals do not feature commonly in modern developmental biology research. This has not always been the case; indeed, amphioxus ranked as one of the principal animals for embryological description in the early part of this century. The ascidia (one group of tunicates) have received intensive study as a model for determinative development, and considerable experimental and molecular data have been accumulated over the past few decades (1).
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Holland, N. D. and Holland, L. Z. (1993) Embryos and larvae of invertebrate deuterostomes, in: Essential Developmental Biology: A Practical Approach (Stern, C. D. and Holland, P. W. H., eds.), IRL Press at Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 21–32.
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Holland, P.W.H., Wada, H. (1999). Protochordates. In: Sharpe, P.T., Mason, I. (eds) Molecular Embryology. Methods in Molecular Biology™, vol 97. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1385/1-59259-270-8:513
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