An amphibian with ambition: a new role for Xenopus in the 21st century

Much of our knowledge about the mechanisms of vertebrate early development comes from studies using Xenopus laevis. The recent development of a remarkably efficient method for generating transgenic embryos is now allowing study of late development and organogenesis in Xenopus embryos. Possibilities are also emerging for genomic studies using the closely related diploid frog Xenopus tropicalis.

• Publication year

  2001

• Venue

  Genome Biology

• Publication date

  2001-09-19

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1186/gb-2001-2-10-reviews1029PMID 11597339PMCID 138973
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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