How do animals regenerate specialised tissues or their entire body after a traumatic injury,
how has this ability evolved and what are the genetic and cellular components underpinning …

Studies of annelid regeneration have greatly increased in frequency in recent years,
providing new insights into the developmental basis and evolution of regeneration. In this …

Many annelids can regenerate missing body parts or reproduce asexually, generating all
cell types in adult stages. However, the putative adult stem cell populations involved in these …

Naidids are tiny, transparent freshwater oligochaetes, which are well known for their ability
to propagate asexually. Despite the fact that sexually mature individuals and cocoons with …

Argonaute is the central protein component of RNA-silencing mechanisms. It provides the
platform for target-mRNA recognition by short regulatory guide RNA strands and the Slicer …

The question of why animals vary in their ability to regenerate remains one of the most
intriguing questions in biology. Annelids are a large and diverse phylum, many members of …

Germ cells (reproductive cells and their progenitors) give rise to the next generation in
sexually reproducing organisms. The loss or removal of germ cells often leads to sterility in …

Regeneration, the ability to restore body parts after an injury or an amputation, is a
widespread but highly variable and complex phenomenon in animals. While having …

The planarian's remarkable regenerative ability is thought to be supported by the stem cells
(neoblasts) found throughout its body. Here we report the identification of a subpopulation of …

The ability to regenerate extensive portions of the body is widespread among the phylum
Annelida and this group includes some of the most highly regenerative animals known …