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Proximodistal patterning during limb regeneration.
Developmental biology - 15 Mar 2005
Echeverri Karen, Tanaka Elly M
Abstract excerpt
Regeneration is an ability that has been observed extensively throughout metazoan phylogeny. Amongst vertebrates, the urodele amphibians stand out for their exceptional capacity to regenerate body parts such as the limb. During this process, only the missing portion of the limb is precisely replaced--amputation in the upper arm results in regeneration of the entire limb, while amputation at the wrist produces a...
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