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  • regeneration
    / Atypical regeneration

    …that which is regenerated is very different from the original. Among the arthropods there are cases in which the stump of an antenna grows a leg, while a cut eyestalk regenerates an antenna. More commonly, the regenerated part may be a reasonable facsimile of the original but will differ in…

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    …that which is regenerated is very different from the original. Among the arthropods there are cases in which the stump of an antenna grows a leg, while a cut eyestalk regenerates an antenna. More commonly, the regenerated part may be a reasonable facsimile of the original but will differ in…

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