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. 1973 Apr;24(4):691–697.

An investigation of the sites of mitotic activity in the guinea-pig thymus using autoradiography and Colcemid-induced mitotic arrest

Mary E Poste, I A Olson
PMCID: PMC1422892  PMID: 4706565

Abstract

Tritiated thymidine autoradiographs prepared from sections of guinea-pig thymus were compared with sections from animals treated with the mitotic arresting drug Colcemid. Autoradiography demonstrated the existence of two synthesizing zones, the previously described subcapsular cortex and a new zone of activity, the corticomedullary junction. The existence of these zones was confirmed quantitatively in the Colcemid-treated animals.

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