Fig. 10: Model for eye reduction in cave planarians. | Nature Communications

Fig. 10: Model for eye reduction in cave planarians.

From: Reduced adult stem cell fate specification led to eye reduction in cave planarians

Fig. 10

a Changes in eye fate specification rate in adult stem cells in cave planarian evolution resulted in organ size reduction. Brain, pharynx and epidermis progenitor production rates remain comparable between cave and surface species. Created in BioRender. Saad, L. (2024) BioRender.com/f28z409. b Illustration summarizing eye transcription factor expression dynamics in cave and surface planarians (indicating a largely conserved program of eye formation, and a difference in expression of dlx, in the photoreceptor cells in G. multidiverticulata).

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