title: Teratocarcinogenesis as related to the age of embryos grafted under the kidney capsule.
abstract: Mouse egg-cylinders of C3H/H strain with two and three germ layers were transplanted under the kidney capsule. They developed into well differentiated teratomas and teratocarcinomas. Older embryos developed invariably into teratomas composed of adult tissues only. We consider the period of germ layer inversion as a critical stage when embryonic cells loose their potentiality for uncontrolled growth.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biology, University of Zagreb, Croatia.|Department of Pathology, Medical Faculty, Šalata 10, 41000, Zagreb, Yugoslavia.
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Damjanov
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biology, University of Zagreb, Croatia.
authors.forename: Davor
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Solter
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biology, University of Zagreb, Croatia.
authors.forename: Nikola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Škreb