Macrostomum lignano

Macrostomum lignano
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Order:	Macrostomida
Family:	Macrostomidae
Genus:	Macrostomum
Species:	M. lignano
Binomial name
	Macrostomum lignano; Ladurner, Schärer, Salvenmoser, & Rieger, 2005

Macrostomum lignano^[1] is a free-living, hermaphroditic flatworm. It is transparent and of small size (adults reaching about 1.7 mm), and is part of the intertidal sand meiofauna of the Adriatic Sea.^[1] Originally a model organism for research on developmental biology^[2] and the evolution of the bilaterian body plan,^[3] it has since expanded to other important fields of research such as sexual selection and sexual conflicts,^[4] ageing^[5] and the evolution of the bilaterian body plan,^[6] ecotoxicology,^[7] and, more recently, genomics.^[8]

^ ^a ^b ^c Ladurner, Peter; Schärer, Lukas; Salvenmoser, Willi; Rieger, Reinhard (2005). "A new model organism among the lower Bilateria and the use of digital microscopy in taxonomy of meiobenthic Platyhelminthes: Macrostomum lignano, n. sp. (Rhabditophora, Macrostomorpha)". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 43 (2): 114–126. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0469.2005.00299.x.
^ Ladurner, P; et al. (2000). "Spatial distribution and differentiation potential of stem cells in hatchlings and adults in the marine platyhelminth Macrostomum sp.: A bromodeoxyuridine analysis". Developmental Biology. 226 (2): 231–241. doi:10.1006/dbio.2000.9867. PMID 11023683.
^ Rieger, R; Ladurner, P (2003). "The significance of muscle cells for the origin of mesoderm in Bilateria". Integrative and Comparative Biology. 43 (1): 47–57. doi:10.1093/icb/43.1.47. PMID 21680408.
^ Cite error: The named reference unpub was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Mouton, S; et al. (2009). "The free-living flatworm Macrostomum lignano: A new model organism for ageing research" (PDF). Experimental Gerontology. 44 (4): 243–249. doi:10.1016/j.exger.2008.11.007. PMID 19111920. S2CID 2198373.
^ Rieger, Reinhard; Ladurner, Peter (2003). "The significance of muscle cells for the origin of mesoderm in Bilateria". Integrative and Comparative Biology. 43 (1): 47–57. doi:10.1093/icb/43.1.47. PMID 21680408.
^ "CMK - Centrum voor milieukunde UHasselt". Cmk.uhasselt.be. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
^ "Macgenome". Macgenome.org. Retrieved 29 July 2018.

[description-1] Ladurner, Peter; Schärer, Lukas; Salvenmoser, Willi; Rieger, Reinhard (2005). "A new model organism among the lower Bilateria and the use of digital microscopy in taxonomy of meiobenthic Platyhelminthes: Macrostomum lignano, n. sp. (Rhabditophora, Macrostomorpha)". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 43 (2): 114–126. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0469.2005.00299.x.

[2] Ladurner, P; et al. (2000). "Spatial distribution and differentiation potential of stem cells in hatchlings and adults in the marine platyhelminth Macrostomum sp.: A bromodeoxyuridine analysis". Developmental Biology. 226 (2): 231–241. doi:10.1006/dbio.2000.9867. PMID 11023683.

[3] Rieger, R; Ladurner, P (2003). "The significance of muscle cells for the origin of mesoderm in Bilateria". Integrative and Comparative Biology. 43 (1): 47–57. doi:10.1093/icb/43.1.47. PMID 21680408.

[unpub-4] Cite error: The named reference unpub was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[5] Mouton, S; et al. (2009). "The free-living flatworm Macrostomum lignano: A new model organism for ageing research" (PDF). Experimental Gerontology. 44 (4): 243–249. doi:10.1016/j.exger.2008.11.007. PMID 19111920. S2CID 2198373.

[6] Rieger, Reinhard; Ladurner, Peter (2003). "The significance of muscle cells for the origin of mesoderm in Bilateria". Integrative and Comparative Biology. 43 (1): 47–57. doi:10.1093/icb/43.1.47. PMID 21680408.

[7] "CMK - Centrum voor milieukunde UHasselt". Cmk.uhasselt.be. Retrieved 29 July 2018.

[8] "Macgenome". Macgenome.org. Retrieved 29 July 2018.

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