A Relationship Between Trematode Metacercariae and Bullfrog Limb Abnormalities
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Explanation for naturally occurring supernumerary limbs in amphibians.
The occasional occurrence of high frequencies of limb abnormalities, including extra limbs, in natural populations of amphibians has long been a puzzle. In this paper we report the discovery of a population in which such limb abnormalities appear to be caused by a parasitic flatworm (trematode) that uses amphibians as intermediate hosts. The cercarial larval stage of the trematode attacks amphi...
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