To explore the origins and consequences of tetraploidy in the African clawed frog, we sequenced the Xenopus laevis genome and compared it to the related diploid X. tropicalis genome. We ...

The common laboratory frog Xenopus laevis has puzzled researchers because it has twice the normal number of genes. A newly published genome sequence shows why: between 15 and 20 million years ago ...

Enhanced water recipe and enrichment for oocyte quality and embryo development in the African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis). Laboratory Animal Science Professional 7(1) (March), 43-45. This article ...

The African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis, is a palm-sized, greenish-gray animal that hails from the ponds and rivers of sub-Saharan Africa, where it lived for millions of years without anyone ...

They are named for the African clawed frog Xenopus laevis, which supplies all their cells, and the suggestion, encapsulated in the prefix, that something strange, alien, is at work.

Because of its large eggs, Xenopus laevis -- the African clawed frog -- has become a popular model for studying embryo development and cell biology. It's smaller cousin, X. tropicalis, is now ...

Making waves New study details how fertilization triggers changes to thousands of proteins in frog eggs Date: December 21, 2017 Source: Harvard Medical School ...

X-ray phase-contrast tomography: This shows an early frog embryo in cellular resolution (left) and cell and tissue motion captured and visualized using flow analysis (right). (Image: Alexey Ershov/KIT ...

The frog test works because a pregnant woman’s urine contains a hormone called human chorionic gonadotropin, or hCG. Most modern pregnancy tests rely on the detection of hCG using other means ...

Swarms of tiny living robots can self-replicate in a dish by pushing loose cells together. The xenobots – made from frog cells – are the first multicellular organisms found to reproduce in ...

Xenopus laevis have a unique pro Heyworth, C., Owens, D. 2019. Interactive feeding technique: Elicit predatory instincts in the African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis) and grow a research colony of ...