Regeneration: Organizing the Blastema in Planarians

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Abstract

The processes that trigger regeneration after injury and link new and old tissue are not fully understood. New findings indicate that, after decapitation, planarians build an organizing center from stem cells at the old midline that directs head patterning and outgrowth.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)R181-R183
JournalCurrent Biology
Volume27
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 6 2017

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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