CARBON DIOXIDE CHANGES UNDIFFERENTIATED CELLS—When carbon dioxide is bubbled into a solution containing undifferentiated cells that have just begun to grow after egg fertilization, the cells become brain cells. Dr. Reed Flickinger, zoologist at the University of California at Los Angeles, is studying the process by which like embryonic cells suddenly begin to specialize to form specific structures such as brain, muscle, skeleton, and reproductive organs.
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