Early embryogenesis of planaria: a cryptic larva feeding on maternal resources.

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Development Genes & Evolution. 2006 Nov;216(11):667-81. doi: 10.1007/s00427-006-0094-3

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Early embryogenesis of planaria: a cryptic larva feeding on maternal resources. Cardona Lab

Cardona A, Hartenstein V, Romero R

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The early planarian embryo presents a complete ciliated epidermis and a pharynx and feeds on maternal yolk cells. In this paper, we report on all the elements involved in the formation of such an autonomous embryo, which we name cryptic larva. First, we provide a description of the spherical and fusiform yolk cells and their relationship with the blastomeres, from the laying of the egg capsule up to their final fate in mid embryonic stages. Then, we describe the early cleavage and the subsequent development of the tissues of the cryptic larva, namely, the primary epidermis, the embryonic pharynx, and a new cell type, the star cells. Finally, we discuss the possibility that the cryptic larva either constitutes a vestigial larva or, more likely, is the evolutionary result of the competition between multiple embryos for the limited and shared maternal resources in the egg capsule.

PMID: 16932928 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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Early embryogenesis of planaria: a cryptic larva feeding on maternal resources.

Note: Research in this publication was not performed at Janelia.

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PMID: 16932928 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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