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As I understand, the worm cells act differently because the worm is placed in a solution which interferes with their electrical messaging, so it makes sense tha
by golol 2y ago
As I understand, the worm cells act differently because the worm is placed in a solution which interferes with their electrical messaging, so it makes sense that the offspring growing up in the same solution would grow with the same defects as the parents. I think that's all there is to it.
- hughrlomas 2y agoThe referenced paper (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867421002233 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S009286742...) specifically states that it continues after the solution is changed to plain water. > Two-headed worms made this way reveal a permanent revision of the target morphology: subsequent rounds of regeneration in plain water, long after the reagent is gone from the tissue, continue to make two-headed worms.
- golol 2y agoOk wow that's pretty strange.