Sentences with phrase «in planarian flatworms»
«Tissue loss triggers regeneration in planarian flatworms.»
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The land planarian Platydemus manokwari, or New Guinea flatworm, is a highly invasive species, already reported in many territories in the Pacific area, and as well as in France.
The planarian Schmidtea mediterranea are flatworms with bilateral symmetry used as models in the research on cell regeneration and stem cells.
Here we report that in addition to producing an ommochrome body pigment, the planarian flatworm Schmidtea mediterranea generates porphyrins in its subepithelial pigment cells under physiological conditions, and that this leads to pigment cell loss when animals are exposed to intense visible light.
As discussed below, this provides new insight into pigment biosynthesis in the Platyhelminthes (flatworms) and establishes planarians as a useful animal model for porphyria research.
Taking part in the award for the second time this year, Felipe Meres, inaugurates «The Telomeric Cuts», which parts from a series of micrographs representing the process of cutting and regenerating hermaphroditic planarian flatworms.