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Circulating hemocytes of the solitary protochordates do not survive for prolonged periods in vitro. Subsequently, pharyngeal tissue, which is considered a hemocytopoietic tissue, has been cultured by Raftos et al. (1990). The following procedure is based on their method.
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Mitsuhashi, J. (2002). Prochordata. In: Invertebrate Tissue Culture Methods. Springer Lab Manual. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-67875-5_13
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