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. 1990 Oct;172:245–258.

Kinetic parameters in the growth plate of normal and achondroplastic (cn/cn) mice.

S S Sannasgala 1, D R Johnson 1
PMCID: PMC1257219  PMID: 2272905

Abstract

We have reinvestigated the overall size, zone size, mitotic rate and growth rate in the tibial epiphysis of normal and achondroplastic (cn/cn) mice aged 7-55 days. Our present sample did not contain the two phenotypes characteristic of some stocks carrying the gene: cn/cn mice showed smaller zone sizes within the growth plates, smaller cells, decreased mitotic indices and growth rates.

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