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. 1977 Apr 15;196(4287):315-7.
doi: 10.1126/science.847473.

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

F L Rose, J C Harshbarger

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

F L Rose et al. Science. .

Abstract

Tiger salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum) inhabiting a sewage sedimentation lagoon become neotenic, and approximately one-third develop neoplastic skin lesions including cancer. Circumstances suggest a chemical etiology for the neoplasms.

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