Biologists Induce Flatworms to Grow Heads and Brains of Other Species (IMAGE)

Tufts University

Biologists Induce Flatworms to Grow Heads and Brains of Other Species

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Tufts biologists induced one species of flatworm -- G. dorotocephala, top left -- to grow heads and brains characteristic of other species of flatworm, top row, without altering genomic sequence. Examples of the outcomes can be seen in the bottom row of the image.

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Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology, School of Arts and Sciences, Tufts University.

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