The relation between genotype and phenotype is straight forward. Each genotype produces a single phenotype, and most phenotypes are encoded by a single genotype.

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If the middle slice is too narrow, there is no discernible morphogen gradient within it, and regeneration is abnormal.

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Cells capable of stem cell mediated regeneration are the same pluripotent stem cells that repair and replace body parts.

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Regeneration blastema forms from pluripotent stem cells called clonogenic neoblasts (cNeoblasts).

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Clonogenic neoblasts

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Clonogenic neoblasts can migrate to a wound site and regenerate the tissue.

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#Unit 5. Developmental Biology

Each pluripotent neoblast generates a colony of neoblast cells in the flatworm.