Joshua Branham

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This skill depends entirely on the trophosome, the bacteria inside it, and the energy they lock away. As long as a fragment of flatworm contains enough symbionts, it can produce an entire animal. If the symbionts are too scarce, the fragment dies. Counter-intuitively, this means that the only bit of the flatworm that can’t regenerate is the bacteria-free head.
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
by Ed Yong
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