Coelomic Transport and Clearance of Durable Foreign Bodies by Starfish (Asterias rubens)
Coelomic Transport and Clearance of Durable Foreign Bodies by Starfish (Asterias rubens)
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United States: Marine Biological Laboratory
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English
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United States: Marine Biological Laboratory
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Echinoderms have excellent healing and regeneration abilities, but little is known about how they deal with the related challenge of durable foreign bodies that become lodged within their bodies. Here we report a novel mechanism for foreign body elimination in starfish. When injected into the arm of a starfish, passive integrated transponder tags a...
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Coelomic Transport and Clearance of Durable Foreign Bodies by Starfish (Asterias rubens)
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1681110590
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1681110590
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0006-3185
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1939-8697
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10.1086/BBLv228n2p156
