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. 2009 Nov 17;106(46):19207-8.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.0911232106. Epub 2009 Nov 11.

How to learn new and interesting things from model systems based on "exotic" biological species

John M Sedivy  1
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How to learn new and interesting things from model systems based on "exotic" biological species

John M Sedivy. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Fig. 1.
Naked mole rats and their cells. (Left) Adult naked mole rats. (Right) Fibroblasts cultured from adult naked mole rat dermis in a state of early contact inhibition. A similar culture of mouse or human cells would continue to grow until the surface of the dish was completely covered with crowded cells. In contrast, the culture of naked mole rat cells shown here has completely ceased proliferation.
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