A Krüppel-like factor is required for development and regeneration of germline and yolk cells from somatic stem cells in planarians

• Melanie Issigonis ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: missigonis@morgridge.org (MI); pnewmark@morgridge.org (PAN)

  Affiliation Morgridge Institute for Research, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2818-8389

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• Akshada B. Redkar,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation

  Affiliation Morgridge Institute for Research, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Tania Rozario,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

  Affiliation Morgridge Institute for Research, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Umair W. Khan,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliations Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Integrative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Rosa Mejia-Sanchez,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliations Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Integrative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Sylvain W. Lapan,

  Roles Investigation

  Current address: Dyno Therapeutics, Watertown, Massachusetts, United States of America

  Affiliations Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Peter W. Reddien,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Phillip A. Newmark

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: missigonis@morgridge.org (MI); pnewmark@morgridge.org (PAN)

  ¶‡ Lead contact

  Affiliations Morgridge Institute for Research, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Integrative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0793-022X

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