The “Stars and Stripes” Metaphor for Animal Regeneration-Elucidating Two Fundamental Strategies along a Continuum

A number of challenges have hindered the development of a unified theory for metazoan regeneration. To describe the full range of complex regeneration phenomena in Animalia, we suggest that metazoans that regenerate missing body parts exhibit biological attributes that are tailored along a morpho-sp...

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Main Authors: Baruch Rinkevich, Yuval Rinkevich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2012-12-01
Series:Cells
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/2/1/1