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Descriptor English: Ambystoma
Descriptor Spanish: Ambystoma
Descriptor Ambystoma
Entry term(s) Amblystoma
Ambystoma tigrinum
Scope note: Género de la familia Ambystomatidae. Las especies mejor conocidas son las formas ajolote AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM y la salamandra estrechamente relacionada Ambystoma tigrinum. Pueden mantener las branquias y permanecer acuáticas sin desarrollar todas las características del adulto. Sin embargo, bajo cambios apropiados en el medio ambiente, pueden sufrir metamorfosis.
Descriptor Portuguese: Ambystoma
Descriptor French: Ambystoma
Entry term(s): Amblystoma
Amblystomas
Ambystoma tigrinum
Ambystomas
Salamander, Tiger
Salamanders, Tiger
Tiger Salamander
Tiger Salamanders
Tree number(s): B01.050.150.900.090.608.080.068
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000557
Scope note: A genus of the Ambystomatidae family. The best known species are the axolotl AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM and the closely related tiger salamander Ambystoma tigrinum. They may retain gills and remain aquatic without developing all of the adult characteristics. However, under proper changes in the environment they metamorphose.
Annotation: NIM with no qualifiers when an experimental animal
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CL classification
EM embryology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
SU surgery
UR urine
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Urodela (1966-1971)
Public MeSH Note: 72
History Note: 72
DeCS ID: 558
Unique ID: D000557
NLM Classification: QL 668.C23
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1972/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/06/28
Ambystoma - Preferred
Concept UI M0000872
Scope note A genus of the Ambystomatidae family. The best known species are the axolotl AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM and the closely related tiger salamander Ambystoma tigrinum. They may retain gills and remain aquatic without developing all of the adult characteristics. However, under proper changes in the environment they metamorphose.
Preferred term Ambystoma
Entry term(s) Amblystoma
Amblystomas
Ambystomas
Ambystoma tigrinum - Narrower
Concept UI M0527917
Preferred term Ambystoma tigrinum
Entry term(s) Salamander, Tiger
Salamanders, Tiger
Tiger Salamander
Tiger Salamanders



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