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Four Fritillaria in their houses colored in yellow, red, green and blue

Towards a new larvacean model system (11.11.2022)

Most of what is known of larvacean biology today comes from the study of a single species - Oikopleura dioica. A new report from Daniel Chourrout’s group introduces the very first long-term culture of the larvacean Fritillaria borealis, finding major differences to well-studied Oikopleura.