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Table 1 Cell types and numbers in the tail plate

From: The caudal regeneration blastema is an accumulation of rapidly proliferating stem cells in the flatworm Macrostomum lignano

Cell type

Number

%

Epidermal cells

1,575

51

Duo-gland adhesive systems

390

13

Other gland cells

197

6

Neoblasts

355

11

Muscle cells

183

6

Nerve cells (GYIRFamid)

22

1

Gut cells

10

0

Male genital apparatus

78

3

Sperm

100

3

Other cell types

200

6

Total

3,110

100

  1. Number of cells per cell type in the tail plate of adult M. lignano, based on averages of countings and estimations (gut cells, "other cell types")
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BMC Developmental Biology

ISSN: 1471-213X

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