Regeneration, or the de novo formation of new organs, is observed in many different classes
of vertebrates (reviewed in Alibardi, 2010). In teleost fishes, regeneration of heart muscle as …

Regeneration lessons from the axolotl Page 1 Current Biology Magazine Current Biology 28,
R187–R207, March 5, 2018 R187 The Mexican axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) is famous for …

The myriad regenerative abilities across the animal kingdom have fascinated us for
centuries. Recent advances in developmental, molecular, and cellular biology have allowed …

Initial observations on the regeneration of the tail in lizards were recorded in brief notes by
Aristotle over 2000 years ago, as reported in his book, History of Animals (cited from [1]) …

The analysis of the distribution of the regenerative power in Eumetazoa indicates that many
phyla include species where regeneration is present, sometimes in species very similar to …

The hypothesis here presented tries to explain why organ regeneration is present in fish and
amphibians (anamniotes) but is absent in reptiles, birds and mammals (amniotes) …

Regeneration is widespread across the animal kingdom but varies vastly across phylogeny
and even ontogeny. Adult mammalian regeneration in most organs and appendages is …

Significant progress has recently been made in our understanding of animal regenerative
biology, spurred on by the use of a wider range of model organisms and an increasing …

Background Mammals are not able to restore lost appendages, while many amphibians are.
One important question about epimorphic regeneration is related to the origin of the new …

Understanding how and why animals regenerate complex tissues has the potential to
transform regenerative medicine. Here we present an overview of genetic approaches that …