Open AccessThe Earthworm Eudrilus Eugeniae: a Model Organism for Regenerative Biology
Author(s) -
Sudhakar Sivasubramaniam
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
hsoa journal of genetics and genomic sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2574-2485
DOI - 10.24966/ggs-2485/100023
Subject(s) - earthworm , regeneration (biology) , biology , organism , model organism , ecology , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , gene
The earthworm, Eudrilus eugeniae is an economical model system for cell and molecular biological experiments to study regeneration and stem cell biology. The purpose of this brief review is to summarize those published studies on the regeneration biology using E. eugenia and to provide the advantages of the model system.