title: Genes for regeneration.
abstract: FoxA, an evolutionarily conserved gene involved in the development of the digestive system in many animals, has an important role in regeneration in flatworms.
authors.affiliation: Janet Rossant is an eLife senior editor and is at the Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada janet.rossant@sickkids.ca.
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rossant
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D010614:Pharynx / Q000601:surgery*; D010932:Planarians / Q000502:physiology*; D012038:Regeneration; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D015534:Trans-Activators
keywords: pharynx; planaria; regeneration; single-organ regeneration; stem cells
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