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Published online 1 July 2009 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2009.614
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Salamander cells remember their origins in limb regeneration
Cell tracking shows that axolotl cells in a regrowing leg retain distinct roles.
Salamanders have the ability to regrow amputated limbs – but what stops a tail growing from the stump, instead of a leg?
A team of scientists are now a step closer to the answer. They studied tissue regeneration in axolotls (Ambystoma mexicanum), salamanders endemic to Mexico.
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