Head regeneration of the hemichordates, Ptychodera flava (IMAGE)

Hiroshima University

Head regeneration of the hemichordates, Ptychodera flava

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Uncut, intact animal through post-amputation and regenerated status, which showed a new head (G) approaching final size to match original body is attached to original anterior cut stump. Arrowheads showed the newly regenerated section.

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Reprinted by permission from Frontiers, Ancestral stem cell reprogramming genes active in hemichordate regeneration, Humphreys et al., 2022.

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