Planarian body-wall muscle: regeneration and function beyond a simple skeletal support

The body-wall musculature of adult planarians consists of intricately organized muscle fibers, which after amputation are regenerated rapidly and with great precision through the proliferation and differentiation of pluripotent stem cells. These traits make the planarian body-wall musculature a pote...

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Main Author: Francesc eCebrià
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fcell.2016.00008/full