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Regeneration abilities among vertebrates
Majerová, Veronika ; Starostová, Zuzana (advisor) ; Soukup, Vladimír (referee)
Among vertebrates the ability to regenerate various body structure, from the cellular level to diverse internal organs or even the complex body structures (such as limb or tail), is unequally distributed across animal taxa. Regeneration is understood as the restoration of damaged or completely lost tissues, while the restored structure is more or less similar or even identical to the original structure. Regeneration is naturally often preceded by an encounter with a predator, when the animal is directly injured by the predator or an autotomy may occur as an anti-predator mechanism, which means that the animal voluntarily releases an appendage. Autotomy and following regeneration have many advantages but there can also appear some costs associated with these events which may have various consequences Masters in regeneration are considered to be mainly urodele amphibians who are able to perfectly regenerate various body structures (such as eye lens, limb or tail) and this ability persists throughout their lives, unlike anuran amphibians, in which the ability to regenerate after metamorphosis decreases significantly. In contrast to amphibians, the ability to regenerate among mammals or birds is severely limited. The aim of this work is to approach the ability of regeneration and the mechanisms by...
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