Educational Planarian Tools for Teaching Developmental Biology Techniques
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... easy to buy, cultivate, and have interesting phenotypes to study. In addition, the Sánchez lab has made...paste, and feed the mixture to the worms.
The phenotypes of RNAi knockdown treatment should be apparent...apparent after three dsRNA feedings. Some of the phenotypes are not evident until after amputation. For example...example, the dramatic “two-headed” phenotype is observable in post-amputation planarians after knockdown...knockdown results in an observable “sidewinder” phenotype that disrupts wildtype locomotion.
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