Biology of Amphibian Tumors

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
State of the Art: Lucké Renal Adenocarcinoma....Pages 1-25
Interrelations of the Populations of the Rana pipiens Complex....Pages 26-34
Spontaneous and Experimental Mutations in the Newt Pleurodeles waltlii Michah....Pages 35-42
Nucleo-Cortical Interactions During Amphibian Development....Pages 43-51
Mass Culture of Amphibian Cells: Methods and Observations Concerning Stability of Cell Type....Pages 52-81
Dependence of Tumor Formation in Frogs on Abnormal Nucleolar Function....Pages 82-100
Characteristics of Cell Lines from Haploid and Diploid Anuran Embryos....Pages 101-111
Species Identification of Poikilothermic Tissue Culture Cells....Pages 112-120
Amino Acid and Nucleoside Incorporation in Frog Kidney Cells: An Autoradiographic Study....Pages 121-129
Immunity and Tolerance in Amphibia....Pages 130-136
Immunologic Tolerance and Blood Cell Chimerism in Experimentally Produced Parabiotic Frogs....Pages 137-152
Immunogenetic and Developmental Aspects of Tissue Transplantation Immunity in Urodele Amphibians....Pages 153-168
Immunoglobulin and Complement Systems of Amphibian Serum....Pages 169-176
The Amphibian as a Key Step in the Evolution of Lymphoid Tissue and Diverse Immunoglobulin Classes....Pages 177-183
Some Morphological and Biological Characteristics of a Tumor of the Newt, Triturus cristatus Laur....Pages 184-194
Skin Carcinogenesis, Mammals Versus Amphibia....Pages 195-203
Plasmacytoma in a Rana pipiens ....Pages 204-214
Structures of Spontaneous and Transplanted Tumors in the Axolotl ( Siredon mexicanum )....Pages 215-219
Tumors of the Testis in the Mexican Axolotl ( Ambystoma , or Siredon, mexicanum) ....Pages 220-228
Simulated Transmission of Renal Tumors in Oocytes and Embryos of Rana pipiens ....Pages 229-239
Non-specific Transmission of the Lucké Tumor....Pages 240-253
Lucké Renal Adenocarcinoma: Epidemiological Aspects....Pages 254-260
Chromosome Studies of Primary Renal Carcinoma from Vermont Rana pipiens ....Pages 261-278
Studies on the Viral Etiology of the Renal Adenocarcinoma of Rana pipiens (Lucké Tumor)....Pages 279-295
Fine Structure Studies of Cytoplasmic Viruses Associated with Frog Tumors....Pages 296-309
Comparative Studies of Amphibian Cytoplasmic Virus Strains Isolated from the Leopard Frog, Bullfrog, and Newt....Pages 310-326
Tadpole Edema Virus: Pathogenesis and Growth Studies and Additional Sites of Virus Infected Bullfrog Tadpoles....Pages 327-336
Herpestype Virus Latency in the Lucké Tumor....Pages 337-347
Density Gradient Centrifugation Studies on the Herpes-Type Virus of the Lucké Tumor....Pages 348-357
Reactivity of Serum from Frogs and Other Species with a Herpesvirus Antigen Extracted from a Burkitt Lymphoma Cultured Cell Line....Pages 358-364
A Preliminary Report on the Serology of Lucké and Burkitt Herpes-type Viruses: A Shared Antigen....Pages 365-367
Possible Immunological Factors in Amphibian Lymphosarcoma Development....Pages 368-384
Organ Cultures of Normal and Neoplastic Amphibian Tissues....Pages 385-398
Acceptance and Regression of a Strain-specific Lymphosarcoma in Mexican Axolotls....Pages 399-408
Development of Biologically Defined Strains of Amphibians....Pages 409-418
Diseases in an Amphibian Colony....Pages 419-428
Some Comparative Morphological Aspects of Renal Neoplasms in Rana pipiens and of Lymphosarcomas in Amphibia....Pages 429-440
Immunological Approaches to the Study of Viral Antigens Associated with Neoplasms....Pages 441-444
Nucleic Acid Homology as Applied to Investigations on the Relationship of Viruses to Neoplastic Diseases....Pages 445-454
Viruses Associated with Burkitt’s Lymphoma....Pages 455-459
A Herpes Virus as a Cause of Marek’s Disease in Chickens....Pages 460-468
Studies on the Viral Etiology of Marek’s Disease of Fowl....Pages 469-477
Herpes Simplex Viruses and Human Cancer: Current Status of the Problem....Pages 478-481
Summary and Perspectives....Pages 482-484