Lin, Boyan
Shi, Wenjie
Lu, Qiongxuan
Shito, Takumi T.
Yu, Haiyan
Dong, Bo
Article History
Received: 23 January 2023
Accepted: 28 September 2023
First Online: 22 November 2023
Declarations
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: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest. Author Bo Dong is a member of the Editorial Board, but he was not involved in the journal’s review of, or decision related to this manuscript.
: All of the procedures involved in the handling and treatment of ascidians in this study were approved by the Ocean University of China Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (OUC-IACUC) prior to the initiation of the study (Approval number 2020–0082-0101, 8 September 2020). All experiments and relevant methods were carried out in accordance with the approved guidelines and regulations of OUC-IACUC.