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Although the organ culture technique has been widely used in studies on the growth and differentiation of mammalian tissues, there are few records of the use of the technique with the tissues of metamorphosed amphibians. We have recently shown that a variety of organs from recently metamorphosed, immature Xenopus may be maintained in culture for at least 6 days, with mitotic incidences comparable to or even higher than those in vivo (1).
This Work is being supported by grants from the Medical Council of the United Kingdom (M.B. and E.A.) and the Northern Council of the British Empire Cancer Campaign (J.D.S.)
We acknowledge the continuing benefit of discussions with Dr. L. N. Ruben and Dr. K. A. Rafferty, and thank Miss Mary Wade for her skilled technical assistance.
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Balls, M., Simnett, J.D., Arthur, E. (1969). Organ Cultures of Normal and Neoplastic Amphibian Tissues. In: Mizell, M. (eds) Biology of Amphibian Tumors. Recent Results in Cancer Research, vol 1969. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-85791-1_33
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