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Scadding, S.R. Effects of tributyltin oxide on the skeletal structures of developing and regenerating limbs of the axolotl larvae,Ambystoma mexicanum . Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 45, 574–581 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01700631
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