# age: apropos of flatworm regeneration (2)

AA << have developed a computational model of planarian (flatworm) regeneration that explains how fragments of planaria determine which end should form a tail and which should form a head. >>

Scientists unlock new role for nervous system in regeneration. Tufts  University. Apr 25, 2019.

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/tu-sun042519.php

<< Uniquely, [AA] model explains the various head-tail patterning outcomes of a wide range of molecular and physiological manipulations. Testing the novel predictions of this model revealed the nervous system as an instructive regulator of axial patterning. >>

Alexis Pietak, Johanna Bischof, et al.  Neural control of body-plan axis in regenerating planaria. PLoS Comput Biol 15(4): e1006904. Apr 16, 2019. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006904

https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006904

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# age: apropos of flatworm regeneration. Apr 2, 2019

https://flashontrack.blogspot.com/2019/04/age-apropos-of-flatworm-regeneration.html