Aquatic invertebrates play a pivotal role in (eco) toxicological assessments because they
offer ethical, cost‐effective and repeatable testing options. Additionally, their significance in …

While virtually all animals show certain abilities for regeneration after an injury, these
abilities vary greatly among metazoans. Porifera (Sponges) is basal metazoans …

Background Sponges are increasingly recognised as key ecosystem engineers in many
aquatic habitats. They play an important role in nutrient cycling due to their unrivalled …

Animal regeneration, the ability to restore a lost body part, is a process that has fascinated
scientists for centuries. In this review, we first present what regeneration is and how it relates …

Upon injury, the homeostatic balance that ensures tissue function is disrupted. Wound-
induced signaling triggers the recovery of tissue integrity and offers a context to understand …

Background Annelids exhibit remarkable postembryonic developmental abilities. Most
annelids grow during their whole life by adding segments through the action of a segment …

Sponges are interesting animal models for regeneration studies, since even from
dissociated cells, they are able to regenerate completely. In particular, explants are model …

Origin and early evolution of regeneration mechanisms remain among the most pressing
questions in animal regeneration biology. Porifera have exceptional regenerative capacities …

Adult stem cells (ASCs) in vertebrates and model invertebrates (eg Drosophila
melanogaster) are typically long‐lived, lineage‐restricted, clonogenic and quiescent cells …

Sponges (Porifera) demonstrate prominent regeneration abilities and possess a wide variety
of mechanisms, used during this process. In the current study, we combined in vivo …