Turritopsis dohrnii - Wikipedia
WEBTurritopsis dohrnii, also known as the immortal jellyfish, is a species of small, biologically immortal jellyfish found worldwide in temperate to tropic waters. It is one of the few known cases of animals capable of reverting completely to a sexually immature, colonial stage after having reached sexual maturity as a solitary individual.
Turritopsis dohrnii - Wikipedia
WEBTurritopsis dohrnii op Wikispecies. (en) World Register of Marine Species. Portaal. Biologie. Turritopsis dohrnii is een hydroïdpoliep uit de familie Oceaniidae. De poliep komt uit het geslacht Turritopsis. Turritopsis dohrnii werd in 1883 voor het eerst wetenschappelijk beschreven door Weissmann.
Maak kennis met Turritopsis dohrnii: de onsterfelijke kwal
WEBJun 30, 2013 · Caroline Kraaijvanger. 4 min. lezen. Pessimisten merken wel eens op dat de enige zekerheid die we in dit leven hebben, is dat we sterven gaan. Maar voor deze kwal gaat zelfs die zekerheid niet op: Turritopsis dohrnii kan volwassen worden en vervolgens weer jong worden en zijn levenscyclus letterlijk opnieuw beginnen.
Immortal jellyfish: the secret to cheating death
WEBJun 4, 2023 · The hydrozoan Turritopsis dohrnii, an animal about 4.5 millimetres wide and tall (likely making it smaller than the nail on your little finger), can actually reverse its life cycle. It has been dubbed the immortal jellyfish.
The secrets of the immortal jellyfish, Earth's longest-living animal
WEBThe secrets of the immortal jellyfish, Earth's longest-living animal - BBC Science Focus Magazine. How does the immortal jellyfish (Turritopsis dohrnii) live for so long? A leading scientist the stranger cellular science behind the creature's lifespan.
危機を迎えると再分化する不死のクラゲ | ナショナル ジオグラ …
WEB2009.01.29. ツイート. 年齢をさかのぼる能力をもった“不死の”クラゲ「Turritopsis dohrnii」。 世界中の海で静かに繁栄していることが2008年6月発表の研究で明らかになった。 この小さなクラゲの細胞は危機に遭うと転換して、個体は若いポリプの状態に変化する（写真右）。 海底や岩の表面などに固着したポリプは、遺伝子的に同一のクラゲ …
The jellyfish that never dies | BBC Earth
WEBWhen the medusa the immortal jellyfish ( Turritopsis dohrnii) dies, it sinks to the ocean floor and begins to decay. Amazingly, its cells then reaggregate, not into a new medusa, but into polyps, and from these polyps emerge new jellyfish. The jellyfish has skipped to an earlier life stage to begin again.
This Jellyfish Can Live Forever. Its Genes May Tell Us How.
WEBSept. 6, 2022. Fleets of tiny translucent umbrellas, each about the size of a lentil, waft through the waters of the Mediterranean Sea. These miniature jellyfish, known as Turritopsis dohrnii ...
"Immortal" Jellyfish Swarm World's Oceans - National Geographic
WEBJan 28, 2009 · About as wide as a human pinky nail when fully grown, the immortal jellyfish (scientific name: Turritopsis dohrnii) was discovered in the Mediterranean Sea in 1883. But its unique ability was not...
Comparative genomics of mortal and immortal cnidarians unveils …
WEBSignificance. While aging affects most living organisms, the hydrozoan Turritopsis dohrnii is the only species able to rejuvenate repeatedly after sexual reproduction, becoming biologically immortal. Setting the whole-genome of this metazoan is indispensable to study in depth mechanisms responsible for its immortal phenotype.
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