Virtual issue

• Colony specificity in marine invertebrates and contact reaction in ascidian hemocytes [New] Edited by Euichi Hirose
  
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1: Colony specificity in colonial ascidians
  • Chapter 2: Hemocyte and tunic cells in botryllid ascidians
  • Chapter 3: Colony specificity in other colonial invertebrates
  • Chapter 4: "Contact reaction" in the solitary ascidian Halocynthia roretzi
  • Chapter 5: Classification and immunological functions of hemocytes in Halocynthia roretzi


• Developmental Biology of Ascidians Edited by Noriyuki Satoh
  
  • Preface: Developmental Biology of Ascidians
  • Chapter 1: EMBRYONIC PATTERNING
  • Chapter 2: GENE REGULATIONS
  • Chapter 3: DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROLOGY
  • Chapter 4: TAXONOMY & ECOLOGY
  • Chapter 5: ECOLOGY & DEVELOPMENT


• Animal-microbe symbiotic associations Edited by Takema Fukatsu
  
  • Preface: Animal-microbe symbiotic associations in Zoological Science
  • Chapter 1: Tunicate-microbe symbioses
  • Chapter 2: Symbiotic microorganisms in marine animals
  • Chapter 3: Ciliate-microbe symbioses
  • Chapter 4: Insect-Wolbachia symbioses
  • Chapter 5: Aphid-Buchnera symbioses
  • Chapter 6: Symbiotic microorganisms in plant-sucking insects
  • Chapter 7: Symbiotic microorganisms in social insects


• Evolution of calcium homeostasis and its hormonal regulation in vertebrates Edited by Nobuo Suzuki and Tatsuya Sakamoto
  
  • Preface: Comparative and general aspects of calcium homeostasis and its hormonal regulations
  • Chapter 1: Calcium homeostasis in fish
  • Chapter 2: Calcium homeostasis in amphibian
  • Chapter 3: Calcium homeostasis in reptile
  • Chapter 4: Comparison among vertebrates
  • Chapter 5: Excellent models from lower vertebrates (fish) and implications in other fields


• Evolutionary biology of Hynobius Edited by Masafumi Matsui
  
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1: Anatomy & Morphology
  • Chapter 2: Reproduction
  • Chapter 3: Evo-Devo
  • Chapter 4: Zoogeography
  • Chapter 5: Taxonomy & Systematics