Encyclopedia of Life Sciences 2022
DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0029517
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Xenopus as an Experimental Organism

Abstract: The South African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis , is a popular model system to study development. It is easy to maintain a breeding frog colony, females can be spawned all year round and hundreds of synchronously growing embryos can be generated from a single fertilisation. Embryos are easily amenable to microsurgery at any stage of development and adults survive surgeries performed under limited aseptic conditions. The ease of injecting oligonucleotides or messenger ribonucleic acid … Show more

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