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The differentiation of cartilage in the external ear of the rat proceeds in four steps. Each of them is characterized by a specific biosynthetic activity of the chondroblast resulting in the appearance of a new structural component of the tissue: collagen fibrils, elastin fibers, cartilage ground substance and intracellular fat droplets. As a structurally and developmentally well-defined “subspecies” of cartilage, this tissue might serve as a suitable object for the experimental approach to some essential problems in histodifferentiation.
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Švajger, A. Chondrogenesis in the external ear of the rat. Z. Anat. Entwickl. Gesch. 131, 236–242 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00520966
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