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Nucleotide Rhythms in the Mature Rat Heart

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CARDIAC cells in adult humans or animals, like neurones, do not divide in the mature state1, in contradistinction either to cells which continue to proliferate throughout the life of the organism (haematopoietic, oesophago-intestinal cells), or which show a gradual waning of this capacity with maturity (liver)2. Mitotic figures have been seen in certain human infant hearts but these cases are rare and serve as exceptions to the rule.

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  1. Department of Pathology, New York University Medical School, New York

    MICHAEL M. LYONS

  2. Laboratories of Disease and Environmental Stress, Rutgers—The State University, New Brunswick, New Jersey

    ROBERT L. SQUIBB

  3. Department of Forensic Medicine, New York University Medical School, New York

    HENRY STEGEL

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LYONS, M., SQUIBB, R. & STEGEL, H. Nucleotide Rhythms in the Mature Rat Heart. Nature 216, 1113–1114 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2161113a0

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