When Sperry Cut a Newt's Optic Nerve and Rotated the Eye

question 73

Multiple Choice

When Sperry cut a newt's optic nerve and rotated the eye by 180 degrees, each axon:

• A) degenerated.
• B) regenerated to a random location.
• C) regenerated to the area where it had originally been.
• D) regenerated, but to the area appropriate to its new location.

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