New function for the granular skin gland
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Williams, Thomas A. ;Larsen, John H.
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Article
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1986
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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While it has been accepted for over 50 years that salamanders use their tails for fat storage, no caudal adipose tissue was detected in the eastern long-toed salamander, Ambystoma macrodactylum columbianum. We provide evidence to show that a proteinaceous material, sequestered in the epidermally der