Research in our group investigates a number of questions central to understanding animal evolution and development: What determines the ... morphological diversity of organs and tissues across ...

In many animals, the regeneration of a limb or a damaged structure relies on the formation of a blastema, a mass of specialized progenitor cells capable of reforming the various cells of complex ...

We want to understand the molecular processes that underlie regeneration." Usually, the only time an animal grows a limb is during embryonic development, which has led researchers to theorize that ...

Sea spiders can regrow body parts after amputation and not just limbs ... penguins face climate change Vertebrates, which include humans, have virtually no regeneration capability with some ...