Reversing the Life Cycle: Medusae Transforming into Polyps and Cell Transdifferentiation in Turritopsis nutricula (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) — Piraino et al. 190 (3): 302 — The Biological Bulletin

30 January 2008 » extremophiles

All stages of the medusa Turritopsis nutricula, from newly liberated to fully mature individuals, can transform back into colonial hydroids, thus escaping death and achieving potential immortality.

Reversing the Life Cycle: Medusae Transforming into Polyps and Cell Transdifferentiation in Turritopsis nutricula (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) — Piraino et al. 190 (3): 302 — The Biological Bulletin