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. 1977 May 20;196(4292):894-6.
doi: 10.1126/science.860120.

Evidence for abnormal heart induction in cardiac-mutant salamanders (Ambystoma mexicanum)

L F Lenmanski, B S Marx, C S Hill

Evidence for abnormal heart induction in cardiac-mutant salamanders (Ambystoma mexicanum)

L F Lenmanski et al. Science. .

Abstract

Homozygosity for simple recessive gene c in axolotl embryos results in the absence of a heartbeat. Gene c alters the morphology of the mutant anterior endoderm - the primary heart inductor.

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