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Morphological and Cellular Aspects of Tail and Limb Regeneration in Lizards

A Model System With Implications for Tissue Regeneration in Mammals

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Authors:
  1. Lorenzo Alibardi

    1. Dipto. Biologia Evoluzionistica, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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Part of the book series: Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology (ADVSANAT, volume 207)

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Table of contents (4 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Regeneration in Reptiles and Its Position Among Vertebrates

    • Lorenzo Alibardi
    Pages 1-49

  3. Tail Regeneration: Ultrastructural and Cytological Aspects

    • Lorenzo Alibardi
    Pages 51-88

  4. Limb Regeneration: Ultrastructural and Cytological Aspects

    • Lorenzo Alibardi
    Pages 89-93

  5. Conclusion and Perspectives: Implications for Human Regeneration

    • Lorenzo Alibardi
    Pages 95-97

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 99-109
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About this book

The present review covers a very neglected field in regeneration studies, namely, tissue and organ regeneration in reptiles, especially represented by the lizard model of regeneration. The term “regeneration” is intended here as “the ability of an adult organism to recover damaged or completely lost body parts or organs.” The process of recovery is further termed “restitutive regeneration” when the lost part is reformed and capable of performing the complete or partial physiological activity performed by the original, lost body part. Lizards represent the only amniotes that at the same time show successful organ regeneration, in the tail, and organ failure, in the limb (Marcucci 1930a, b; Simpson 1961, 1970, 1983). This condition offers a unique opportunity to study at the same time mechanisms that in different regions of the same animal control the success or failure of regeneration. The lizard model is usually neglected in the literature despite the fact that the lizard is an amniote with a basic histological structure similar to that of mammals, and it is therefore a better model than the salamander (an a- mniote) model to investigate regeneration issues.

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“This is an exploration into the controversies about amphibian/mammalian limb regeneration. … I recommend this book for developmental biologists, orthopaedic surgeons, students, and fellows with interests in the molecular, cellular, and tissue aspects of regeneration.” (Joseph J. Grenier, Amazon.com, August, 2014)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Dipto. Biologia Evoluzionistica, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    Lorenzo Alibardi

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Morphological and Cellular Aspects of Tail and Limb Regeneration in Lizards

  • Book Subtitle: A Model System With Implications for Tissue Regeneration in Mammals

  • Authors: Lorenzo Alibardi

  • Series Title: Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03733-7

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer-Verlag GmbH, DE, part of Springer Nature 2010

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-03732-0Published: 18 December 2009

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-03733-7Published: 26 November 2009

  • Series ISSN: 0301-5556

  • Series E-ISSN: 2192-7065

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 112

  • Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Biomedicine general

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