Regeneration in the metazoans: why does it happen?

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Regeneration from Injury and Resource Allocation in Sponges and Corals – a Review (2005, background): “in the case of small wounds) that contracts underlying tissues and stretches/ re-arranging existing cells (HAY, 1966; HARRISON, 1972; STORR, 1976) or by epimorphosis involving a cascade of cell migration, differentiation, and proliferation events (NEEDHAM, 1952; ALVARADO, 2000).”
Regeneration in Reptiles and Its Position Among Vertebrates (2010, background): “The analysis of the distribution of the regenerative power in Eumetazoa indicates that many phyla include species where regeneration is present, sometimes in species very similar to species that do not show any regenerative ability (Reichman 1984; Goss 1987; Alvarado 2000; Brookes et al. 2001).”
Nature’s hierarchical materials (2007, background): “Perhaps the most striking example is the complete regrowth of lost limbs in salamanders [319].”