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Bispecific Cell Aggregation in Sponges

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RECENTLY, Curtis1 has pointed out that cell aggregation in sponges is not species specific as was generally thought2 but that bispecific aggregates can be obtained by controlling the time of addition of the cell suspension of one species to that of the other.

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SARÀ, M., LIACI, L. & MELONE, N. Bispecific Cell Aggregation in Sponges. Nature 210, 1167–1168 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/2101167a0

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