Neoplastic and possibly related skin lesions in neotonic tiger salamanders from a sewage lagoon

Rose, F.L.; Harshbarger, J.C.

Science 196(4287): 315-317

1977


ISSN/ISBN: 0036-8075
PMID: 847473
Document Number: 118236
Tiger salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum) inhabiting a sewage sedimentation lagoon become neotenic, and .apprx. 1/3 develop neoplastic skin lesions including cancer. Circumstances suggest a chemical etiology for the neoplasms.

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