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The present results provide the first evidence of a fibroblast growth factor (FGF) family protein in a urochordate. Anti-FGF2 immunoreactive hemoblast cells were detected at day 3 of juvenile development in a direct-developing urochordate ascidian, Molgula pacifica. The detection of FGF in hemoblast cells coincided with the appearance of distal-less protein along the proximal-distal axis of growing ampullae. Ampullae are limb-like, fluid-filled ectodermal appendages that contain hemoblast cells and have holdfast, respiratory, and immunological functions (1). Given the evolutionary conservation of the genes encoding FGF (2) their receptors (2), and distal-less (3) the present results suggest that the formation of non-homologous ascidian appendages shares genetic elements in common with proximal-distal axis formation in arthropod limbs and vertebrate limbs (4,5). The possible evolutionary implications of these findings are discussed.

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Evolutionary Implications of FGF and Distal-Less Expressions During Proximal-Distal Axis Formation in the Ampulla of a Direct-Developing Ascidian, <i>Molgula pacifica</i>

Evolutionary Implications of FGF and Distal-Less Expressions During Proximal-Distal Axis Formation in the Ampulla of a Direct-Developing Ascidian, Molgula pacifica