Planarian Stem Cell Population (IMAGE)

Stowers Institute for Medical Research

Planarian Stem Cell Population

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This is a picture of an abundant stem cell population (green) helps maintain the ciliated epithelium (red) and other tissues of an adult planarian flatworm.

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Image courtesy of Elizabeth Duncan, PhD, Sánchez Alvarado Lab, Stowers Institute for Medical Research

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