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Spindly leg syndrome in Atelopus varius is linked to environmental calcium and phosphate availability

Spindly leg syndrome (SLS) is a relatively common musculoskeletal abnormality associated with captive-rearing of amphibians with aquatic larvae. We conducted an experiment to investigate the role of environmental calcium and phosphate in causing SLS in tadpoles. Our 600-tadpole experiment used a ful...

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Autores principales: Lassiter, Elliot, Garcés, Orlando, Higgins, Kathleen, Baitchman, Eric, Evans, Matthew, Guerrel, Jorge, Klaphake, Eric, Snellgrove, Donna, Ibáñez, Roberto, Gratwicke, Brian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7323948/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32598402
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0235285