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Francoise Stephan-Dubois; [Absence ou presence de neoblastes dans la region blessee en cas de suppression de segments anterieurs, chez l'Annelide oligochete Tubifex tubifex Muller]. C.R.Acad.Sc.Paris 287:33-35, 1978

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In T. tubifex, the anterior regeneration following an amputation of less than 10 segments is achieved without neoblasts recognizable as such. In the worms amputated at a more caudal level, anterior regeneration is impossible, yet neoblasts are often present, they migrate towards the wound and may in some cases initiate a regeneration which proves abortive.