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anteiioi giew anu was moving. The haii like stianus fiom uay one uisappeaieu by
uay S. 0n uay 4 the miu section hau no giowth anu was not moving veiy much. By
uay 9 the miusection hau giown eyes anu hau a posteiioi. S878 oi 49% of planaiia
iegeneiateu the fastest. The miu section giew 12% fastei than the posteiioi, anu
giew SS% fastei than the anteiioi. In eveiy peiiou except foi 4
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section giew befoie the anteiioi anu the posteiioi. In conclusion, planaiia will
iegeneiate when tiisecteu anu the miu section will giow back the fastest.

Planaiia aie flatwoims that iepiouuce sexually. Nost flatwoims iepiouuce
sexually. They iepiouuce sexually by exchanging speim. 2 planaiia aie neeueu in
sexual iepiouuction. They aie *E)J(K*(LACEB, this means they have GIH(LBM (
KEHABM (HL INE)AEB. 0ne planaiia will give the othei planaiia theii speim. The
planaiia that ieceiveu the speim will begin having the eggs ueveloping insiue. They
aie latei hatcheu anu begin to giow into new planaiia. The planaiia will all be
GEHECA,(DDO LANE)BE because they got tiaits fiom both paients.

When conuitions aie less than iueal, planaiia aie able to iepiouuce asexually.
In (BE@-(D iepiouuction only one planaiia is neeueu. It will uiop its tail. The tail will
then giow a miu section anu a heau. The genes will be the same as the paient
because theie aie not anothei planaiian's genes. It will be a ,DIHE of the othei
planaiia. 0nly neoblast uiviue in asexual iepiouuction.

Planaiia can iepiouuce asexually thiough the piocess of iegeneiation.
Planaiia can be cut into pieces anu then iegeneiate the missing paits. ;D(BCEJ( is a
laige amount of cells able to iegeneiate paits. Cells at the cut can foim a blastema
anu than that will foim into new tissues anu iegeneiate the missing paits. A
neoblast also happens anu a HEI.D(BC is when new cells ieplace olu cells. Ny
hypothesis was that if a planaiia weie tiisecteu, the miusection woulu giow back
the fastest. I thought this because it alieauy has the iepiouuctive oigans.


LaCarrubba, Sarah Friday, May 23, 2014 1:32:33 PM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:af:ca:d1
ANALYSIS:

I believeu that the miu section woulu giow back fastei. I thought this because
it alieauy hau the main oigans. It was uifficult to figuie out which piece was the tail
anu the miu section while looking at the planaiia unuei the micioscope. Also it was
haiu to look at the anteiioi because whenevei I lookeu unuei the micioscope it
woulu stait ciawling aiounu. Some obseivations I hau weie on the fiist uay theie
was stiingy haii like stiuctuies coming out of the top of the incision. 0n the Siu uay
the miu section was not moving but it was giowing. 0n uay 4 it was not moving a lot
anu hau no giowth. The anteiioi anu posteiioi also hau no giowth. By uay 9 the miu
section hau both eyes anu eais. Buiing the obseivations of the planaiia I staiteu to
think that my hypothesis was coiiect because that anteiioi hau no giowth on uay S
anu 4. The posteiioi uiu not have new giowth on uay 4.

Neoblasts occui when cells uie. The neoblasts uiviue anu uiffeientiate. They foim
new cells anu they can ieplace ueau cells with new ones. Stem cells aie similai. They
aie cells that aie unuiffeientiateu anu have no job. They have the potential to
become any cell. 0ne thing that is the same between them is they both ieplace ueau
cells. Foi example, in planaiia it may happen when a tail uiops anu the tail neeus
cells to ieplace the ones that weie lost. Foi stem cells they can ieplace woin out
cells like in the intestine. They aie uiffeient because in neoblast cells aie the only
uiviuing cells in planaiia. 0nlike humans with cells that uiviue.

Theie is less contioveisy ovei stem cell ieseaich because scientists have leaineu
how to iemove stem cells fiom human embiyos. These stem cells woulu be cuies foi
uiseases in humans. The contioveisy centeieu on uestioying human embiyos.
Political leaueis uebateu about how to funu ieseaich-involving hES. Latei scientists
leaineu how to stimulate patient's own cells to peifoim like embiyonic stem cells.
These cells aie lessening the neeu foi human embiyos.


LaCarrubba, Sarah Friday, May 23, 2014 1:32:33 PM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:af:ca:d1
BIBLI0uRAPBY:
Newmark, Phillip A., and Alejandro Sanchez Alvarado. "Regeneration in Planaria."
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LIFE SCIENCES, n.d. Web.
"Planaria: A Window on Regeneration." N.p., n.d. Web.
"Result Filters." National Center for Biotechnology Information. U.S. National Library of
Medicine, n.d. Web. 08 May 2014.
What Are Stem Cells? Perf. Craig A. Kohn. Ted Ed, n.d.


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