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SUBMITTER: Casco-Robles RM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5945717 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Casco-Robles Roman M RM Watanabe Akihiko A Eto Ko K Takeshima Kazuhito K Obata Shuichi S Kinoshita Tsutomu T Ariizumi Takashi T Nakatani Kei K Nakada Tomoaki T Tsonis Panagiotis A PA Casco-Robles Martin M MM Sakurai Keisuke K Yahata Kensuke K Maruo Fumiaki F Toyama Fubito F Chiba Chikafumi C
Scientific reports 20180510 1
The newt, a group of urodele amphibians, has outstanding ability to repeatedly regenerate various body parts, even in the terrestrial life-stage. In this animal, when the limb is amputated, a cell mass named the blastema appears on the stump and eventually gives rise to a new functional limb. Erythrocytes (red blood cells) in most non-mammalian vertebrates, including the newt, preserve their nucleus throughout their life-span, although physiological roles of such nucleated erythrocytes, other th ...[more]