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Morphological clues from multilegged frogs: are retinoids to blame?
S K Sessions1, R A Franssen, V L Horner
1Department of Biology, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY 13820, USA. sessionss@hartwick.edu
Abstract:
Morphological analysis was performed on multilegged deformed frogs representing five species from 12 different localities in California, Oregon, Arizona, and New York. The pattern of duplicated limbs was consistent with mechanical perturbation by trematode infestation but not with the effects of retinoids.

