
The significance of Ciona intestinalis as a stem organism in integrative studies of functional evolution of the chordate endocrine, neuroendocrine, and nervous systems
Keywords: CCK, cholecystokinin; Ci, Ciona intestinalis; CRISPR, clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat; CRLR, calcitonin receptor-like receptor; CT, calcitonin; GALP, galanin-like peptide; GnRH, gonadotropin-releasing hormone; GPCR, G protein-coup