Genes, Morphogenesis, Evolution: Life and ALife Aspects

Monsters

Polyradiate Flatworms:

I wont to describe briefly at this page one of the old known and spectacular example of morphogenetic anomalies of body plan for parasitic flatworms, namely cestodes, so called polyradiates. Pretty pics of the cestodes we can find at the Parasitology Images List .

Bilateral normal worm's head (schematized)

Trilateral worm's head

Tetralateral worm's head

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