Table II.

In Vivo Deoxyribonucleic Acid Synthesis in Normal Dogs and in Dogs Having Chronic Splanchnic Division, with or without Pancreatectomy or Alloxan-Induced Diabetes

			Thymidine uptake, specific activity in counts per min./10 mcgm. DNA, mean±S.D.
Experiment	Group	No. of experiments	Right lobes	Left lobes	p*
Normal dogs	1	11	22.4±6.3	22.5±5.8	N.S.
Chronic splanchnic division
Nondiabetic	2	6	31.0±10.5	21.0±7.4	<0.01
Alloxan-induced diabetic	3	4	25.0±12.4	31.0±13.7	N.S.
Total pancreatectomy	4	5	24.8±8.3	35.8±12.9	<0.05

^*The p values given are for comparisons of the right to left lobes in each group.

DNA, Deoxyribonucleic acid.

N.S., Not statistically significant.