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The problem of cell totipotency, dedifferentiation and transdifferentiation in Turbellaria

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Gremigni, V. The problem of cell totipotency, dedifferentiation and transdifferentiation in Turbellaria. Hydrobiologia 84, 171–179 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00026178

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