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axolotl
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axolotl
see ambystoma.
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Scientists had thought that in axolotls, a type of salamander, some stem cells at amputation sites became pluripotent, giving rise to all new tissues in a generated limb.
Limb doesn't regrow from scratch by Saey, Tina Hesman / Science News
The seven researchers first took axolotls (Ambystoma mexicanum), a species native to Mexico that is widely used as a model for vertebrate development, and genetically modified them.
Revealed: Why salamanders are never out on a limb by AFP / AFP Global Edition
Our thanks, of course, go to the spitting cobras, axolotls, golden frogs, dwarf chameleons, those happy tortoises, and this (award) belongs not to me or to them but the production team," the 82-year-old said.
Attenborough, Branagh honoured at Baftas by AFP / AFP European Edition
 
 
 
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