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finding:in-planaria-the-most-depolarized-region-becomes-the-head-altering-bioelectric-pattern-changes-head-location-and-number-beane-et-al-2011-durant-et-al-2017In planaria, the most depolarized region becomes the head; altering bioelectric pattern changes head location and number (Beane et al. 2011, Durant et al. 2017)
The collective interprets relative voltage differences, not absolute values, to decide anterior identity.
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- Gap junctions and bioelectric signals encode body-plan and memory patterns across radical biological transformation.
- Transient bioelectric manipulation persistently alters head number and patterning despite wild-type genetics in planaria.
- Experimental manipulation of resting membrane potential patterns to stably alter morphogenesis (head number/location) independent of genetic sequence, primarily in Dugesia species 2011-2017.
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- BioelectricitysupportsProposed 'cognitive glue' common to both neural and developmental collective intelligence; implemented by ion channels and electrical synapses.
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- From Sullivan et al. 2016 and Emmons-Bell et al. 2015; demonstrates that large morphospace distances can be crossed by physiological manipulation.
- Transient bioelectric perturbation with ion channel drugs/RNAi permanently alters the number of heads regenerated even in subsequent rounds without further treatment, demonstrating bioelectric pattern memory.
- From Durant et al. 2017; shows bioelectric pattern memory is reprogrammable without genomic change.