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THE only experimental work on interspecific fertilization in Ascidians known to me is that of Reverberi1, who succeeded in fertilizing Ciona intestinalis eggs with Phallusia mamillata sperms after removal of the egg membranes. He availed himself of Morgan‘s observation that in Ciona only the egg membranes oppose self-fertilization.
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Reverberi, G., Atti R. Acc. Naz. Lincei, 17, 737 (1933); Pubbl. Staz. Zool. Napoli, 15, 175 (1935).
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MINGANTI, A. Interspecific Fertilization in Ascidians. Nature 161, 643–644 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161643a0
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