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Selective cell autolysis and deletion is described in the normal adult planarian. This appears to be a common feature and the sequence of events leading from cytoplasmic vesiculation and peripheral lysis to complete cellular breakdown is described. — In lysing cells acid phosphatase activity can be demonstrated in the cytoplasm as well as in lysosome like vacuoles and occasionally in the Golgi apparatus. The role of cell autolysis and deletion in tissue regulation is discussed.
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This research was supported by the Scientific Research Council, Grant No. B/RG/00869.
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Bowen, I.D., Ryder, T.A. Cell autolysis and deletion in the planarian polycelis tenuis Iijima. Cell Tissue Res. 154, 265–274 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00223168
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