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Lizards grow replacement tails, not replicas


October 10, 2012

Arizona State University research that shows the regenerated tail of a lizard is quite different from the original is featured in a new Slate video.

Scientists discovered that the regenerated tail is made up of a cartilage tube and long muscle fibers that span the length of the regrown tail, rather than small bones and short muscle fibers like in the original.

Article source: Slate

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