Image of the Day: Flexible Flatworm
After decapitation and treatment with an octanol solution, the Girardia dorotocephala flatworm can regrow its head temporarily into the shapes of other species.
Nov 30, 2015
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, CENTER FOR REGENERATIVE AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY(See “Gap junctional blockade stochastically induces different species-specific head anatomies in genetically wild-type Girardia dorotocephala flatworms,” International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2015.)
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