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Limb Regeneration: Induction in the Newborn Opossum

Merle Mizell

Science · 1968 · 67 citations · 20 references

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Abstract

The marsupial Didelphys virginiana (the North American opossumn) is uniquely suited for studies of mammalian limb replacement. By transplanting nervous tissute to the limb, regeneration has been successfully induced in this mammal.

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