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THE periodic reversal of the heart-beat in Tunicates has been considered by us1 on the basis of the backpressure theory originally propounded by Lahille2. Recently, Millar3 has concluded from experiments on isolated hearts of Ciona intestinalis that the backpressure theory is untenable.
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Haywood, C. A., and Moon, H. P., J. Exp. Biol., 27, 14 (1950).
Lahille, “Contributions à l'étude anatomique et taxonomique des Tuniciers” (Toulouse, 1890).
Millar, R. H., Nature, 170, 851 (1952).
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HAYWOOD, C., MOON, H. Reversal of the Heart-beat in Tunicates. Nature 172, 40–41 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1038/172040b0
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