There is a daily (circadian) fluctuation in the division rate of ameloblasts in the inner enamel epithelium of rat mandibular incisors ; a rhythm also exists in the uptake of injected 3H-thymidine by the root tip of the opposite incisor. The observed "nesting" phenomenon of mitotic figures is discussed.
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