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?

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Lucas Laursen
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Laursen, L. Salamander cells remember their origins in limb regeneration. Nature (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2009.614

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