More Than Just a Bandage: Closing the Gap Between Injury and Appendage Regeneration

The remarkable regenerative capabilities of amphibians have captured the attention of biologists for centuries. The frogs Xenopus laevis and Xenopus tropicalis undergo temporally restricted regenerative healing of appendage amputations and spinal cord truncations, injuries that are both devastating...

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Main Authors: Anneke D. Kakebeen, Andrea E. Wills
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2019.00081/full