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A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | | Â© A Dictionary of Zoology 1999, originally published by Oxford University Press 1999. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

planarians See TRICLADIDA.

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	Absorption spectra of planarian visual pigments and two states of the metarhodopsin intermediates Magazine article from: Photochemistry and Photobiology; 1/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...spectral characterization of planarian rhodopsin (pRh)^^ is helpful...extracellular potentials from planarian ocelli (ocellar potential...the ocelli (3,4). The planarian ocellus is composed of photoreceptor...visual cells) means that planarians possess one of the most primitive...
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	Scientists Identify Genes Capable of Regulating Stem Cell Function News Wire article from: Targeted News Service; 10/17/2008; 700+ words ; ...cell function in the planarian Schmidtea mediterranea...interference (RNAi) in planarians disrupts regeneration...hyperproliferation of neoblasts (planarian stem cells), tissue...in the regulation of planarian stem cells that are...complex structures in planarians. The PTEN molecules...
	SURPRISE SLITHERS OUT FROM UNDER A ROCK.(MAIN) Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 10/2/2000; 700+ words ; ...that it was a land planarian, a non-native...in Troy. Land planarians are assumed to...think the land planarian, or Bipalium adventitium...country, land planarians are most prevalent...hour. The land planarian also may feed on...prevalent land planarians are, although...
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