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THE number of spontaneous neoplasms found in Amphibia1 and the success of Leono2,3 in chemically inducing tumours in newts uphold the view4 that Amphibia, like other vertebrates, are susceptible to tho occurrence of neoplastic growth.
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BALLS, M. Methylcholanthrene-induced Lymphosarcomas in Xenopus laevis. Nature 196, 1327–1328 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/1961327a0
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