Viruses on the menu: The appendicularian Oikopleura dioica efficiently removes viruses from seawater
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DOI: 10.1002/lno.10734
Abstract: Appendicularians are planktonic marine tunicates with elaborate filter-feeding houses that can efficiently trap particles as small as 0.2 μm. While marine viruses are seldom considered outside their role in disease transmission, we conducted a controlled… read more here.
Keywords: appendicularian oikopleura; dioica; oikopleura dioica; ehv ... See more keywords
Role of intraspecific competition in intrinsic growth rate regulation in an Oikopleura dioica (Tunicata) population
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DOI: 10.1007/s00343-020-0071-0
Abstract: Planktonic Oikopleura dioica respond almost instantly to opportunistic algal blooms, but it is unknown whether the population increase can change from an exponential to a logistic model to avoid a final sudden collapse. To test… read more here.
Keywords: intraspecific competition; oikopleura dioica; competition; growth ... See more keywords
Spermatogenesis as a tool for staging gonad development in the gonochoric appendicularian Oikopleura dioica Fol 1872.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2018.09.004
Abstract: Oikopleura dioica, the only gonochoric species among appendicularians, has a spematozoon with a mid-piece and a conspicuous acrosome that, during fertilisation, undergoes a reaction forming an acrosomal process. To provide more insight into the spermatogenesis… read more here.
Keywords: gonad development; spermatogenesis; oikopleura dioica; biology ... See more keywords