Bilateral enucleation immediately and irreversibly cancels the skin camouflage reactions of Ambystoma larvae. A heteroplastic eye transplant can reinstate the latter reaction. Recipients of a heteroplastic eye recovered the reaction as frequently and to the same extent as animals with one of their own eyes reattached.
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