Title	Journal	Author(s)	Aniseed Data	PMID/DOI
Sequential and combinatorial inputs from Nodal, Delta2/Notch and FGF/MEK/ERK signalling pathways establish a grid-like organisation of distinct cell identities in the ascidian neural plate.	Development 2007; 134; 19:3527-37	Hudson C, Lotito S, Yasuo H
Snail mediates medial-lateral patterning of the ascidian neural plate.	Dev. Biol. 2015; 403; 2:172-9	Hudson C, Sirour C, Yasuo H
Ephrin signaling establishes asymmetric cell fates in an endomesoderm lineage of the Ciona embryo.	Development 2008; 135; 5:931-40	Shi W, Levine M
Migratory neuronal progenitors arise from the neural plate borders in tunicates.	Nature 2015; 527; 7578:371-4	Stolfi A, Ryan K, Meinertzhagen I, Christiaen L
Dynamic change in the expression of developmental genes in the ascidian central nervous system: revisit to the tripartite model and the origin of the midbrain-hindbrain boundary region.	Dev. Biol. 2007; 312; 2:631-43	Ikuta T, Saiga H
Neuronal subtype specification in the spinal cord of a protovertebrate.	Development 2011; 138; 5:995-1004	Stolfi A, Levine M
Antagonizing retinoic acid and FGF/MAPK pathways control posterior body patterning in the invertebrate chordate Ciona intestinalis.	PLoS ONE 2012; 7; 9:e46193	Pasini A, Manenti R, Rothbächer U, Lemaire P
FGF8/17/18 functions together with FGF9/16/20 during formation of the notochord in Ciona embryos.	Dev. Biol. 2007; 302; 1:92-103	Yasuo H, Hudson C
Gene expression profiles in Ciona intestinalis tailbud embryos.	Development 2001; 128; 15:2893-904	Satou Y, Takatori N, Yamada L, Mochizuki Y, Hamaguchi M, Ishikawa H, Chiba S, Imai K, Kano S, Murakami S, Nakayama A, Nishino A, Sasakura Y, Satoh G, Shimotori T, Shin-I T, Shoguchi E, Suzuki M, Takada N, Utsumi N, Yoshida N, Saiga H, Kohara Y, Satoh N
Region specific gene expressions in the central nervous system of the ascidian embryo.	Gene Expr. Patterns 2002; 2; 3-4:319-21	Imai K, Satoh N, Satou Y
Restricted expression of NADPH oxidase/peroxidase gene (Duox) in zone VII of the ascidian endostyle.	Cell Tissue Res. 2006; 326; 3:835-41	Hiruta J, Mazet F, Ogasawara M
Amphioxus and ascidian Dmbx homeobox genes give clues to the vertebrate origins of midbrain development.	Development 2004; 131; 14:3285-94	Takahashi T, Holland P
Gene expression profiles of transcription factors and signaling molecules in the ascidian embryo: towards a comprehensive understanding of gene networks.	Development 2004; 131; 16:4047-58	Imai K, Hino K, Yagi K, Satoh N, Satou Y
Patterning across the ascidian neural plate by lateral Nodal signalling sources.	Development 2005; 132; 6:1199-210	Hudson C, Yasuo H
Regulatory blueprint for a chordate embryo.	Science 2006; 312; 5777:1183-7	Imai K, Levine M, Satoh N, Satou Y
Developmental system drift in motor ganglion patterning between distantly related tunicates.	Evodevo 2018; 9; :18	Lowe E, Stolfi A
Neural tube patterning by Ephrin, FGF and Notch signaling relays.	Development 2011; 138; 24:5429-39	Stolfi A, Wagner E, Taliaferro J, Chou S, Levine M
Co-expression of Foxa.a, Foxd and Fgf9/16/20 defines a transient mesendoderm regulatory state in ascidian embryos.	Elife 2016; 5; :	Hudson C, Sirour C, Yasuo H
A conserved role for FGF signaling in chordate otic/atrial placode formation.	Dev. Biol. 2007; 312; 1:245-57	Kourakis M, Smith W
Gene regulatory networks underlying the compartmentalization of the Ciona central nervous system.	Development 2009; 136; 2:285-93	Imai K, Stolfi A, Levine M, Satou Y
Limited functions of Hox genes in the larval development of the ascidian Ciona intestinalis.	Development 2010; 137; 9:1505-13	Ikuta T, Satoh N, Saiga H