Beschreibung:
Cell turnover is an important biological process for maintaining tissue homeostasis. During cell turnover, newly generated cells replace unwanted cells to balance the number of cells and ensure the functionality of a tissue. Failure of cell turnover can lead to physiological complications. Therefore, it is of high interest to understand the mechanistic basis of cell turnover. Planarian flatworms, with their unique biology, can serve as a model to study cell turnover: Planarians undergo cell turnover on an organismal scale, continuously replacing all cells throughout their lifetime. In this ...