Concept information
Preferred term
Ambystoma
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- Amblystoma
- Amblystomas
Note
- NIM with no qualifiers when an experimental animal
Scope note
- A genus of the Ambystomatidae family. The best known species are the axolotl AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM and the closely related tiger salamander Ambystoma tigrinum. They may retain gills and remain aquatic without developing all of the adult characteristics. However, under proper changes in the environment they metamorphose.
History note
- 72
In other languages
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Finnish
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Ambystoma
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000557
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