freshwater or saltwater flatworms of the family Planariidae, that are widely used in laboratory work because of their ability to regenerate parts of the body easily
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We developed a quantitative model of regenerating planaria, which elucidates self-assembly mechanisms of morphogengradients required for robust body-plan control.
Alexis Pietak, Johanna Bischof, Joshua LaPalme, Junji Morokuma, Michael Levin 2019, 'Neural control of body-plan axis in regenerating planaria.', PLoS Computational Biologyhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6485777?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)