AJC's Frogroom: A Salamander's Tail

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AJC's Frogroom (UK) November 25th, 2009 08:56 AM: A Salamander's Tail

A Salamander's Tail
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A Salamander's Tail
As a graduate student, Associate Professor of Biology Janet L. Vaglia observed that a salamander's tail continues to grow throughout its life — but not in the way you might think. As humans grow, our skeletons simply become larger. Salamander bodies grow in a similar way, but their tails grow longer by adding entirely new vertebrae. The discovery led Vaglia to consider whether the continuous tail growth was connected to a salamander's ability to regenerate lost limbs and other body parts, including the tail.





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