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• n  the tail of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates

• tail fin

News & Articles

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• To grow or not to grow: a step forward in adult vertebrate tissue regeneration
  ( Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia ) The reason why some animals can regenerate tissues after severe organ loss or amputation while others, such as humans, cannot renew some structures has always intrigued scientists. In a study now published in PLOS ONE, researchers from Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência show, for the first time, that zebrafish regenerates its caudal fin by a process that involves ...
  March 27, 2014 - EurekAlert!