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Competition between Nerves for Functional Connexions with Axolotl Muscles

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This article provides a reinterpretation of the phenomenon of coordinated movement of grafted salamander limbs and suggests a mechanism for modifiable connexions between excitable cells.

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  1. Physiology Department, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia

    D. T. CASS, T. J. SUTTON & R. F. MARK

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CASS, D., SUTTON, T. & MARK, R. Competition between Nerves for Functional Connexions with Axolotl Muscles. Nature 243, 201–203 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/243201a0

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