Acoel regeneration mechanisms indicate an ancient role for muscle in regenerative patterning

Positional information is required for animal regeneration, yet how it is harbored in adult tissues is poorly understood. In planarians, positional control genes (PCGs) control regeneration outcomes and are regionally expressed predominately in the musculature. Acoels are early diverging bilaterally...

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Main Authors: Srivastava, Mansi, Salvamoser, Ranja, Raz, Amelie A., Reddien, Peter
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology
Format: Article
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/114708
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4651-0626
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5569-333X