A schematic diagram of several physiological processes occuring in a classic Botrylloides leachii (Savigny, 1816) colony. (A) The blastogenic cycle of a mature zooid. (B) The process of sexual reproduction. (C) Self-healing of an adult zooid. (D) WBR of an isolated fragment of vascular tissue. Image copied from Blanchoud et al., 2017.
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