Species of flatworm
Macrostomum lignano [ 1] is a free-living , hermaphroditic flatworm . It is transparent and of small size (adults reaching about 1.7 mm), and is part of the intertidal sand meiofauna of the Adriatic Sea .[ 1] Originally a model organism for research on developmental biology [ 2] and the evolution of the bilaterian body plan ,[ 3]
it has since expanded to other important fields of research such as sexual selection and sexual conflicts ,[ 4] ageing [ 5] and the evolution of the bilaterian body plan ,[ 6] ecotoxicology ,[ 7] and, more recently, genomics .[ 8]
^ a b c Ladurner, Peter; Schärer, Lukas; Salvenmoser, Willi; Rieger, Reinhard (2005). "A new model organism among the lower Bilateria and the use of digital microscopy in taxonomy of meiobenthic Platyhelminthes: Macrostomum lignano , n. sp. (Rhabditophora, Macrostomorpha)". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research . 43 (2): 114–126. doi :10.1111/j.1439-0469.2005.00299.x .
^ Ladurner, P; et al. (2000). "Spatial distribution and differentiation potential of stem cells in hatchlings and adults in the marine platyhelminth Macrostomum sp.: A bromodeoxyuridine analysis" . Developmental Biology . 226 (2): 231–241. doi :10.1006/dbio.2000.9867 . PMID 11023683 .
^ Rieger, R; Ladurner, P (2003). "The significance of muscle cells for the origin of mesoderm in Bilateria" . Integrative and Comparative Biology . 43 (1): 47–57. doi :10.1093/icb/43.1.47 . PMID 21680408 .
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^ Mouton, S; et al. (2009). "The free-living flatworm Macrostomum lignano : A new model organism for ageing research" (PDF) . Experimental Gerontology . 44 (4): 243–249. doi :10.1016/j.exger.2008.11.007 . PMID 19111920 . S2CID 2198373 .
^ Rieger, Reinhard; Ladurner, Peter (2003). "The significance of muscle cells for the origin of mesoderm in Bilateria" . Integrative and Comparative Biology . 43 (1): 47–57. doi :10.1093/icb/43.1.47 . PMID 21680408 .
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