Hofstenia Explained

Hofstenia, or panther worms,[1] is a genus of worms belonging to the family Hofsteniidae.[2]

They are recognized for their ability to regenerate any missing tissue type and recover body axes following injury[3] including a functional brain during whole-body regeneration.[4] The Hofstenia body is populated by neoblast-like cells, adult stem cells, which are necessary for Hofstenia regeneration, and are frequently studied in planarians.

Species:

Notes and References

  1. Hooge, M.D., Wallberg, A., Todt, C., Maloy, A.P., Jondelius, U., & Tyler, S.D. (2007). A revision of the systematics of panther worms (Hofstenia spp., Acoela), with notes on color variation and genetic variation within the genus. Hydrobiologia, 592, 439-454.
  2. Web site: Hofstenia Bock, 1923 . www.gbif.org . 12 May 2021 . en.
  3. Srivastava . Mansi . Mazza-Curll . KathleenL. . vanWolfswinkel . JosienC. . Reddien . PeterW. . 2014-04-24 . Whole-Body Acoel Regeneration Is Controlled by Wnt and Bmp-Admp Signaling . Current Biology . 24 . 10 . 1107–1113 . 10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.042 . 0960-9822. free .
  4. Hulett . Ryan E. . Rivera-López . Carlos . Gehrke . Andrew R. . Gompers . Annika . Srivastava . Mansi . 2024-07-16 . A wound-induced differentiation trajectory for neurons . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . 121 . 29 . 10.1073/pnas.2322864121 . 0027-8424. free .

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