Botrylloides leachi

Taxobox

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name = "Botrylloides leachi"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Urochordata
classis = Ascidiacea
ordo = Pleurogona
suborder = Stolidobranchia
familia = Botryllidae
genus = "Botrylloides"
species = "B. leachi"
binomial = "Botrylloides leachi"
binomial_authority = (Savigny, 1816)

"Botrylloides leachi" is a colonial urochordate of the genus "Botrylloides". Its unique methods of propagation and regeneration make it an ideal model organism for use in biological study of development, immunology, stem cells, and regeneration.

References

*cite journal |url=http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.0050098 |quotes=no |author=Liza Gross |year=2007 |title=From one to many and back again: a systemic signal triggers tunicate regeneration |journal=PLoS Biology |volume=5 |issue=4 |pages=e98 |doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.0050098