polarity References Quizzes Biology Bonanza polarity biology Ask Anything Homework Help Written by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of EncyclopƦdia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them. The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica Britannica AI Ask Anything Learn about this topic in these articles: regeneration/ Polarity and gradient theory Each living thing exhibits polarity, one example of which is the differentiation of an organism into a head, or forward part, and a tail, or hind part. Regenerating parts are no exception; they exhibit polarity by always growing in a distalā¦ Read More Each living thing exhibits polarity, one example of which is the differentiation of an organism into a head, or forward part, and a tail, or hind part. Regenerating parts are no exception; they exhibit polarity by always growing in a distalā¦ Read Moreanimal development/ Preparatory eventsIn particular the egg acquires polarityāthat is, the two ends, or poles, of the egg become distinctive from each other. At one pole, known as the animal pole, the cytoplasm appears to be more active and contains the nucleus (meiotic divisions occur in this region); at the other, called theā¦ Read MoreIn particular the egg acquires polarityāthat is, the two ends, or poles, of the egg become distinctive from each other. At one pole, known as the animal pole, the cytoplasm appears to be more active and contains the nucleus (meiotic divisions occur in this region); at the other, called theā¦ Read Moreflatworm/ TurbellariaIn the cut pieces, polarity is retained; i.e., the anterior zone of the cut piece regenerates the head and the posterior region regenerates the tail. If a region in front of the pharynx is transplanted into the posterior region of another individual, it influences that region to form aā¦ Read MoreIn the cut pieces, polarity is retained; i.e., the anterior zone of the cut piece regenerates the head and the posterior region regenerates the tail. If a region in front of the pharynx is transplanted into the posterior region of another individual, it influences that region to form aā¦ Read MoreCharles Manning Childā¦joined, a phenomenon known as polarity. On the basis of his experiments, Child advanced a theory of antero-posterior dominance, stating that physiological activity in a multicellular organism increases along its axis from bottom to top (or tail to head), and that this gradient of activity in a tissue fragment determinesā¦ Read Moreā¦joined, a phenomenon known as polarity. On the basis of his experiments, Child advanced a theory of antero-posterior dominance, stating that physiological activity in a multicellular organism increases along its axis from bottom to top (or tail to head), and that this gradient of activity in a tissue fragment determinesā¦ Read More
