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Turritopsis dohrnii

Index Turritopsis dohrnii

Turritopsis dohrnii, the immortal jellyfish, is a species of small, biologically immortal jellyfish found in the Mediterranean Sea and in the waters of Japan. [1]

47 relations: Ageing, Animal, August Weismann, Aurelia (cnidarian), Ballast water discharge and the environment, Biological immortality, Brine shrimp, Cellular differentiation, Epidermis, Human, Hydra (genus), Hydroid (zoology), Hydrozoa, Japan, Jellyfish, Kyoto University, Larva, List of longest-living organisms, Medication, Mediterranean Sea, Messenger RNA, Microbial cyst, Mitochondrion, National Geographic Society, Nerve net, New Zealand, Nucleic acid sequence, Pacific Ocean, Plankton, Planula, Polyp, Sequence analysis, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Species, Stolon, Telegraph Media Group, The Blacklist (TV series), The New York Times Magazine, The Ocean (band), The Octonauts, The Times, Transdifferentiation, Turritopsis nutricula, Turritopsis rubra, Vocaloid, Wild Kratts, Wnt signaling pathway.

Ageing

Ageing or aging (see spelling differences) is the process of becoming older.

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Animal

Animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia.

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August Weismann

August Friedrich Leopold Weismann (17 January 1834 – 5 November 1914) was a German evolutionary biologist.

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Aurelia (cnidarian)

Aurelia is a genus of scyphozoan jellyfish, commonly called moon jellies.

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Ballast water discharge and the environment

Ballast water discharges by ships can have a negative impact on the marine environment.

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Biological immortality

Biological immortality (sometimes referred to bio-indefinite mortality) is a state in which the rate of mortality from senescence is stable or decreasing, thus decoupling it from chronological age.

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Brine shrimp

Artemia is a genus of aquatic crustaceans also known as brine shrimp.

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Cellular differentiation

In developmental biology, cellular differentiation is the process where a cell changes from one cell type to another.

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Epidermis

The epidermis is the outer layer of the three layers that make up the skin, the inner layers being the dermis and hypodermis.

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Human

Humans (taxonomically Homo sapiens) are the only extant members of the subtribe Hominina.

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Hydra (genus)

Hydra is a genus of small, fresh-water organisms of the phylum Cnidaria and class Hydrozoa.

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Hydroid (zoology)

Hydroids are a life stage for most animals of the class Hydrozoa, small predators related to jellyfish.

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Hydrozoa

Hydrozoa (hydrozoans, from ancient Greek ὕδρα, hydra, "sea serpent" and ζῷον, zoon, "animal") are a taxonomic class of individually very small, predatory animals, some solitary and some colonial, most living in salt water.

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Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

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Jellyfish

Jellyfish or sea jelly is the informal common name given to the medusa-phase of certain gelatinous members of the subphylum Medusozoa, a major part of the phylum Cnidaria.

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Kyoto University

, or is a national university in Kyoto, Japan.

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Larva

A larva (plural: larvae) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults.

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List of longest-living organisms

This is a list of the longest-living organisms; that is, the individuals (in some instances, clones) of a species.

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Medication

A medication (also referred to as medicine, pharmaceutical drug, or simply drug) is a drug used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease.

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Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa and on the east by the Levant.

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Messenger RNA

Messenger RNA (mRNA) is a large family of RNA molecules that convey genetic information from DNA to the ribosome, where they specify the amino acid sequence of the protein products of gene expression.

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Microbial cyst

A microbial cyst is a resting or dormant stage of a microorganism, usually a bacterium or a protist or rarely an invertebrate animal, that helps the organism to survive in unfavorable environmental conditions.

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Mitochondrion

The mitochondrion (plural mitochondria) is a double-membrane-bound organelle found in most eukaryotic organisms.

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National Geographic Society

The National Geographic Society (NGS), headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, is one of the largest non-profit scientific and educational institutions in the world.

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Nerve net

A nerve net consists of interconnected neurons lacking a brain or any form of cephalization.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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Nucleic acid sequence

A nucleic acid sequence is a succession of letters that indicate the order of nucleotides forming alleles within a DNA (using GACT) or RNA (GACU) molecule.

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Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's oceanic divisions.

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Plankton

Plankton (singular plankter) are the diverse collection of organisms that live in large bodies of water and are unable to swim against a current.

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Planula

A planula is the free-swimming, flattened, ciliated, bilaterally symmetric larval form of various cnidarian species.

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Polyp

A polyp in zoology is one of two forms found in the phylum Cnidaria, the other being the medusa.

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Sequence analysis

In bioinformatics, sequence analysis is the process of subjecting a DNA, RNA or peptide sequence to any of a wide range of analytical methods to understand its features, function, structure, or evolution.

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Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI, Instituto Smithsonian de Investigaciones Tropicales) is the only bureau of the Smithsonian Institution based outside of the United States, in Panama.

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Species

In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank, as well as a unit of biodiversity, but it has proven difficult to find a satisfactory definition.

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Stolon

In biology, stolons (from Latin stolō "branch"), also known as runners, are horizontal connections between organisms.

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Telegraph Media Group

The Telegraph Media Group (TMG, previously the Telegraph Group) is the proprietor of The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph.

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The Blacklist (TV series)

The Blacklist is an American crime thriller television series that premiered on NBC on September 23, 2013.

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The New York Times Magazine

The New York Times Magazine is a Sunday magazine supplement included with the Sunday edition of The New York Times.

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The Ocean (band)

The Ocean (also known as The Ocean Collective) is a progressive metal band started in 2000 by German guitarist Robin Staps.

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The Octonauts

The Octonauts is a British children's television series, produced by Silvergate Media for the BBC channel CBeebies.

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The Times

The Times is a British daily (Monday to Saturday) national newspaper based in London, England.

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Transdifferentiation

Transdifferentiation, also known as lineage reprogramming, is a process in which one mature somatic cell transforms into another mature somatic cell without undergoing an intermediate pluripotent state or progenitor cell type.

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Turritopsis nutricula

Turritopsis nutricula is a small hydrozoan that once reaching adulthood, can transfer its cells back to childhood.

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Turritopsis rubra

Turritopsis rubra is a species of hydrozoan of the family Oceaniidae.

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Vocaloid

is a singing voice synthesizer software.

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Wild Kratts

Wild Kratts (stylized as WILD KRATTS) is an American-Canadian educational children's live-action/animated series created by Chris and Martin Kratt.

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Wnt signaling pathway

The Wnt signaling pathways are a group of signal transduction pathways made of proteins that pass signals into a cell through cell surface receptors.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turritopsis_dohrnii

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