TY - JOUR
T1 - Regeneration of peripheral nerves to supernumerary legs in cockroaches.
AU - Westin, J.
AU - Camhi, J. M.
PY - 1975/10
Y1 - 1975/10
N2 - 1. Clusters of legs were grown from metathoracic coxae of the cockroach. Legs of a cluster had different segmental origins, sizes, and orientations. 2. Regenerating metathoracic nerves tended to enter the nearest leg, and to a lesser extent of the largest leg, but showed no significant tendency to penetrate metathoracic rather than prothoracic legs, or normally oriented rather than abnormally oriented legs. 3. Movements of legs were evoked by nerve stimulation significantly more often in nearest, largest, and normally oriented legs, but were equally frequent in prothoracic and metathoracic legs. 4. Close proximity of peripheral nerves is not required for the differentiation of the legs, since nerves were visible in the legs only at the later stages of their development, and many of the legs were apparently nerve innervated.
AB - 1. Clusters of legs were grown from metathoracic coxae of the cockroach. Legs of a cluster had different segmental origins, sizes, and orientations. 2. Regenerating metathoracic nerves tended to enter the nearest leg, and to a lesser extent of the largest leg, but showed no significant tendency to penetrate metathoracic rather than prothoracic legs, or normally oriented rather than abnormally oriented legs. 3. Movements of legs were evoked by nerve stimulation significantly more often in nearest, largest, and normally oriented legs, but were equally frequent in prothoracic and metathoracic legs. 4. Close proximity of peripheral nerves is not required for the differentiation of the legs, since nerves were visible in the legs only at the later stages of their development, and many of the legs were apparently nerve innervated.
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C2 - 1202135
AN - SCOPUS:0016559426
SN - 0022-0949
VL - 63
SP - 483
EP - 495
JO - Journal of Experimental Biology
JF - Journal of Experimental Biology
IS - 2
ER -