Comparative transcriptomic analyses and single-cell RNA sequencing of the freshwater planarian Schmidtea mediterranea identify major cell types and pathway conservation.
Lakshmipuram Seshadri SwapnaAlyssa M MolinaroNicole Lindsay-MosherBret J PearsonJohn ParkinsonPublished in: Genome biology (2018)
In general, S. mediterranea displays a high level of gene and pathway conservation compared with other model systems, rendering it a viable model to study the roles of these pathways in stem cell biology and regeneration.