The Evolution of Regeneration
A special issue of Biology (ISSN 2079-7737). This special issue belongs to the section "Zoology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 April 2023) | Viewed by 11407
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The evolution of regeneration is a neglected topic in regeneration research, which focuses on unraveling genetic pathways and gene regulatory networks involved in and required for regeneration. While this approach may be the best way to understand the mechanics of regeneration in an organism, a comparative approach can provide additional insights, especially regarding the old question "why can some animals regenerate, while others can’t?".
Comparative regeneration research usually involves studying more or less closely related organisms, depending on the variability of regeneration capacity within a given taxon. Often, regeneration research is dealing with only one or two representatives of a phylum, which may not be representative for the whole phylum at all. For example, flatworms are known for their powers of regeneration, although only a small group of flatworms is able to regenerate a head.
This Special Issue is open for two broad categories of research and review articles dealing with the evolution of regeneration: first, with descriptive studies exploring the regeneration of hitherto unstudied or poorly studied organisms, and second, with studies comparing regeneration between two or more organisms.
Dr. Bernhard Egger
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- regeneration
- evolution
- evoregen
- stem cells
- blastema
- non-model organisms
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