Multiple choice

Which of the following is not the case of epimorphosis?

  1. Formation of sperms from small clumps of cells.

  2. Regeneration of tail in lizard.

  3. Replacement of severed arm in starfish.

  4. Replacement of limb in salamander.

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Explanation

Epimorphosis is the regeneration of tissues or organs through the dedifferentiation of existing and differentiated adult tissues. Adult cells dedifferentiate into a mass of cells that redifferentiates into a new structure. This is not the case of epimorphosis.