First molar tooth germs were dissected from one-day-old mice; placed for one hour in McCoy's medium containing 10 pc tritiated thymidine and transplanted subcutaneously into young adult animals of the same strain. Seven, 14, 21 and 28 days after implantation the host animals were sacrificed and the transplants harvested. The transplants were then serially sectioned and autoradiographs prepared. Control sections were prepared of first molar tooth germs in situ, after dissection from the jaws and after labelling with tritiated thymidine.
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