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From: Regeneration of the digestive tract of an anterior-eviscerating sea cucumber, Eupentacta quinquesemita, and the involvement of mesenchymal–epithelial transition in digestive tube formation

Fig. 3

Stages of regeneration. Based on the internal morphology of regenerating animals, we defined four stages of regeneration, stages I to IV, and schematic diagrams of each are shown. Blue broken line: the edge of mesentery without regenerating tissues; yellow colored area: regenerating tissues (gut rudiment)

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