"Ambystoma mexicanum" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A salamander found in Mexican mountain lakes and accounting for about 30 percent of the urodeles used in research. The axolotl remains in larval form throughout its life, a phenomenon known as neoteny.
| Descriptor ID |
D000558
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.090.608.080.068.525
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| Concept/Terms |
Ambystoma mexicanum- Ambystoma mexicanum
- Ambystoma mexicanums
- mexicanum, Ambystoma
- mexicanums, Ambystoma
- Axolotl
- Axolotls
- Mexican Salamander
- Salamander, Mexican
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