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Neoblast-enriched fraction rescues eye formation in eye-defective planarian 'menashi' Dugesia ryukyuensis.
Development, growth & differentiation - 1 Oct 2008
Kobayashi Kazuya, Hashiguchi Toshiyuki, Ichikawa Taiichiro, Ishino Yugo, Hoshi Motonori, Matsumoto Midori
Abstract excerpt
Planarians are well known for their remarkable regenerative capacity. This capacity to regenerate is thought to be due to the presence of totipotent somatic stem cells known as 'neoblasts', which have particular morphological characteristics. The totipotency of neoblasts was supported by Baguñà's experiment, which involved the introduction of donor cells into irradiated hosts. However, since Baguñà's experiment...
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