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SUBMITTER: Miyamoto M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7141820 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Miyamoto Mai M Hattori Miki M Hosoda Kazutaka K Sawamoto Mika M Motoishi Minako M Hayashi Tetsutaro T Inoue Takeshi T Umesono Yoshihiko Y
Science advances 20200408 15
Planarians exhibit traits of cephalization but are unique among bilaterians in that they ingest food by means of goal-directed movements of a trunk-positioned pharynx, following protrusion of the pharynx out of the body, raising the question of how planarians control such a complex set of body movements for achieving robust feeding. Here, we use the freshwater planarian <i>Dugesia japonica</i> to show that an isolated pharynx amputated from the planarian body self-directedly executes its entire ...[more]