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Mammals have the ability to regenerate some tissues such as blood
and liver, but the majority of organs fail to regenerate. In contrast,
zebrafish is capable of regenerating complex organs/tissues such as
optic nerve, scales, heart and fins, and is presently one of the most
used metazoan in regeneration research. Zebrafish fin is composed
of multiple fin rays with bony parts (lepidotrichia) originated by
intramembraneous ossification. Fin regeneration is an epimorphic
process dependent on formation of a specialized structure (blastema),
consisting of mesenchymal-like cells located between stump
tissues and the wounded epidermis,
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33. Brito A.B., Cancela M.L., Gavaia P.J. 2007. Expression of Osteonectin correlates with levels of fin regeneration in zebrafish (danio rerio). FEBS 2007. 7-12 July, Vienna, Áustria