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Chimaera mouse study shows absence of disease in genetically dystrophic muscle

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Chimaeras have been derived from aggregation of normal and dystrophic mouse embryos which had healthy muscles of almost totally dystrophic genotype, and diseased muscles of normal genotype. These results suggest that extramuscular factors must be implicated in muscular dystrophy.

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    Present address: Department of Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4J9

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  1. Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Peterson, A. Chimaera mouse study shows absence of disease in genetically dystrophic muscle. Nature 248, 561–564 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/248561a0

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