Top Results for Transdifferentiation
Turritopsis dohrnii is a very small hydrozoan jellyfish associated originally with the Mediterranean but now recorded in several marine regions. Under stress or after reproduction, its medusa can transform its specialized cells and return to a colony-forming polyp stage, effectively restarting the l...
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Exceptional reputation from biological immortality and regeneration research; famous beyond specialist circles despite small size and limited visual spectacle.
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Turritopsis nutricula is a small hydrozoan jellyfish originally described from the western Atlantic. It has often been associated in popular accounts with the ability to return from the adult medusa stage to a polyp-like juvenile state through cellular transformation, but much of the research behind...
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Regeneration and life-cycle reversal reputation strong, but often confused with Turritopsis dohrnii.
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