Dugesia japonica is the best suited of three planarian species for high-throughput toxicology screening.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126718
Abstract: High-throughput screening (HTS) using new approach methods is revolutionizing toxicology. Asexual freshwater planarians are a promising invertebrate model for neurotoxicity HTS because their diverse behaviors can be used as quantitative readouts of neuronal function. Currently,… read more here.
Keywords: three planarian; dugesia japonica; planarian species; toxicology ... See more keywords
Two new freshwater planarian species (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Dugesiidae) partially sympatric in Argentinean Patagonia
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DOI: 10.1139/cjz-2020-0169
Abstract: Girardia Ball, 1974 is the most diverse and widely distributed genus of the family Dugesiidae (Platyhelminthes: Continenticola) in the Neotropical region. Seven out of the 52 species of the genus are known for Argentina. The… read more here.
Keywords: two new; planarian species; dugesiidae; freshwater planarian ... See more keywords