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    Stem Cells: Autonomy Interactors that Emerge as Causal Agents and Legitimate Units of Selection

    Can stem cells be defined as legitimate units of selection (UOS)? Here I review traits of hallmark stem cells (many of which are manifested in marine organisms), which collectively reveal that some types of st...

    Baruch Rinkevich in Stem Cells in Marine Organisms (2009)

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    Stem Cells in Aquatic Invertebrates: Common Premises and Emerging Unique Themes

    The remarkable ability to generate an embryo from a single fertilized oocyte and to regenerate tissues that are injured or going through natural physiological turnover, is the direct result of stem cells, natu...

    Yuval Rinkevich, Valeria Matranga, Baruch Rinkevich in Stem Cells in Marine Organisms (2009)

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    Stem Cells, Chimerism and Tolerance: Lessons from Mammals and Ascidians

    Chimerism is the presence of cells derived from more than one individual in a given individual. This phenomenon has been detected in a wide variety of multicellular organisms, including vertebrates. In mammals...

    Ayelet Voskoboynik, Baruch Rinkevich, Irving L. Weissman in Stem Cells in Marine Organisms (2009)