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IN unpublished researches of Fardon, Sullivan and Andrus1, a series of experiments were conducted showing the outgrowth of cells from traumatized sections of embryonic chicken intestine in vitro. It was observed at the time that the new outgrowth of cells aligned itself into uniform patterns. The nature of the outgrowth was analogous to the fields surrounding a bar magnet. This uniform distribution of cells served to indicate a force of attraction between the two portions of outgrowth.
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Fardon, J. C., Sullivan, W. A., and Andrus, Sr. M. Basilia, Studies Inst. Divi Thomæ, vol. 2, No. 2, 233 (1939).
Doljanski, L., and Roulet, Fr., Roux's Arch. Entwicklungsmech. Organ., 131, 3, 512–531 (1934).
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FARDON, J., BROTZGE, G., LOEFFLER, M. et al. Attraction Fields in Vitro. Nature 146, 619–620 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/146619a0
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