In the neurotransplantation experiment by Ralph and colleagues,the suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN) were transplanted from the fetuses of mutant hamsters that had abnormally brief free-running sleep-wake cycles into normal adult hamsters whose sleep-wake cycles had been abolished by SCN lesions.The transplants initiated __________ sleep-wake cycles in the recipients.
A) 24-hour
B) 24-hour free-running
C) 25.5-hour free-running
D) 20-hour free-running
E) reversed
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