ONTOGENY REVERSAL. “All stages of the medusa Turritopsis nutricula, from newly liberated to fully mature individuals, can transform back into colonial hydroids, either directly or through a resting period, thus escaping death and achieving potential immortality. This is the first metazoan known to revert to colonial hydroids, either directly or through a resting period, thus escaping death and achieving potential immortality.”
http://www.biolbull.org/content/190/3/302.full.pdf
linkedin post 2022-06-29 05:12:48
Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022