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Evolutionary Origin of the Mammalian Hematopoietic System Found in a Colonial Chordate
Benyamin Rosental, Mark Kowarsky, Jun Seita…·Ayelet Voskoboynik
The paper identifies hematopoietic stem cells and related lineages in Botryllus schlosseri, suggesting their evolutionary origin in a common ancestor of tunicates and vertebrates.
DOI 10.1101/206318