Native Variant Limb Skeletal Patterns in the Red-backed Salamander, Plethodon cinereus, are not Regenerated
Dinsmore CE and Hanken J. 1986. Native Variant Limb Skeletal Patterns in the Red-backed Salamander, Plethodon cinereus, are not Regenerated. Journal of Morphology. 190(2):191-200
This study looks at post amputation limb regeneration to see whether naturally occurring variant skeletal patterns result from limb loss in nature, and to look at the genetic differences of individual variations in mesopodial patterning. 'We conclude that variability in field-collected P. cinereus reflects extensive intrapopulation variation in limb-skeletal patterning during original limb development, rather than regeneration in nature, and that limb regeneration analysis provides no evidence of a strong genetic component to between-individual variation.'Red-backed Salamanders used in this study were collected from the Salsbury Cove area. /STUDY LOCATIONS:/ /MOUNT DESERT ISLAND/Salsbury Cove/
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Dinsmore, Charles; Hanken, James
- Units
- ACAD
- Keywords
- Amphibians (Amphibia), Mount Desert Island, red-backed salamander (Plethodon cinereus), Salamanders (Caudata), Salsbury Cove