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. 1976 Feb;73(2):410–414. doi: 10.1073/pnas.73.2.410

A gradient of adhesive specificity in developing avian retina.

D I Gottlieb, K Rock, L Glaser
PMCID: PMC335918  PMID: 1061144

Abstract

Cell-cell adhesion was examined in the developing chick neural retina. A dorsoventral gradient of adhesive specificity in dissociated cells was detected which exhibits a complementarity such that the highest cell-cell affinities are exhibited between cells derived from the extremes of the gradient. If a nasotemporal gradient exists it must exhibit significantly lower cell-cell affinity. The relevance of these findings to pattern formation in the nervous system is discussed.

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