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Increase in nuclear size in liver has been used as an index of polyploidy. It has long been considered that the occurrence of polyploidy and multinuclearity are characteristics of mammalian liver. The present study shows the occurrence of these phenomena in the liver of birds, so these features are not confined to mammals. 3 classes of nuclear size groups have been identified. The simultaneous occurrence of polyploidy and binuclearity indicates some sort of interrelationship between them.
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Medda, J.N., Nandi, J., Roy, D. et al. Occurrence of polyploidy and multinuclearity in the differentiating liver of chick embryo. Experientia 40, 986–988 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01946472
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