Loss of the ability to regenerate body appendages in vertebrates: from side effects of evolutionary innovations to gene loss

AG Zaraisky, KR Araslanova, AD Shitikov… - Biological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The ability to regenerate large body appendages is an ancestral trait of vertebrates, which
varies across different animal groups. While anamniotes (fish and amphibians) commonly …