Friday January 8th, 2016

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Planaria Mania. Today, was day 3 of our Planaria regeneration lab. We have noticed the the anterior end seems to be more active then the posterior end. It might be due to the amount of ganglia in the head. On Monday, we will have a quiz on the Planaria. Grades will close on the 22nd

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