Planarian Regeneration
International Series of Monographs in Pure and Applied Biology: Zoology
- 1st Edition - January 1, 1969
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Author: H. V. Brøndsted
- Editor: G. A. Kerkut
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 7 0 4 8 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 8 6 2 9 - 0
Planarian Regeneration deals with regeneration problems including embryogenesis and morphogenesis. The book compares the principles involved in the regeneration processes with… Read more
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Request a sales quotePlanarian Regeneration deals with regeneration problems including embryogenesis and morphogenesis. The book compares the principles involved in the regeneration processes with those in ontogenesis from the egg. The author also reviews the works of Thomas H. Morgan and Charles M. Child which became the basis for systematic scientific investigation of regeneration. The head regenerates vigorously, with a faster rate behind the eyes, then at various levels along the longitudinal axis of the planarian body. A time-graded regeneration includes inhibitory forces and some genetic codes that determine such rate. The time-graded field has been proven by transplantation experiments; the author addresses the morphological structure to which biochemical factors or processes determine the different rate of regeneration. He notes that the nervous system conforms to these processes as shown by studies of Lender and Klein (1961). The author suggests that the study of regeneration in planarians should involve time considerations quantitatively to explain some substance, if any, from the nervous system that activates the cytoplasm of neoblasts, and then the genome. This book will prove valuable for zoologists and researchers in genetics, biochemistry or molecular biology.
Preface
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Historical Introduction
Chapter 3 Systematics, Morphology and Cytology
Chapter 4 Morgan and Child
Chapter 5 Head-frequency and the Time-graded Regeneration Field
Chapter 6 Polarity
Chapter 7 Organization of the Blastema
Chapter 8 Epimorphic and Morphallactic Histo- and Organogenesis
Chapter 9 Induction and Organization
Chapter 10 Inhibition Phenomena
Chapter 11 Distribution of Neoblasts in the Planarian Body
Chapter 12 Migration and Multiplication of Neoblasts
Chapter 13 The Nervous System and Regeneration
Chapter 14 Heteromorphoses and Reindividualization
Chapter 15 Influence of Size, Age and Starvation on Regeneration Rate and Amount
Chapter 16 Influence of Temperature on Rate of Regeneration
Chapter 17 Asexual Reproduction
Chapter 18 Morphogenetic Gradients and Levels of Metabolism. Child's Hypothesis
Chapter 19 Biochemical Investigations on Planarian Regeneration
Chapter 20 Biophysics and Planarian Regeneration
Chapter 21 Engrams in Planarians
Chapter 22 The Genetic Code and Planarian Regeneration
Chapter 23 Attempt at a Synthesis
Addendum
References
Author Index
Subject and Species Index
Other Titles in the Zoology Division
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 1, 1969
- No. of pages (eBook): 288
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9781483170480
- eBook ISBN: 9781483186290
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