Dear Andrew,
For lithium effects in urodeles, the attached list might help. Please
summarize what you learn for the rest of us.
Yours, -Dick Gordon
At 4:36 PM 10/19/96 -0700, A. Johnson wrote:
>Does anyone know if axolotls can be dorsalized by incubating them in LiCl
>like Xenopus embryos? If so, is there a reference available?
>Thanks
>AJ
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>Andrew D. Johnson
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>BIO 221
>Florida State University
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(1990). Lithium induces dorsal-type migration of mesodermal cells in the
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