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The Western clawed frog (Xenopus tropicalis) is a species of frog in the Pipidae family. It is the only species in the Xenopus genus to have a diploid genome.1 Its genome has been sequenced2, making it a significant model organism for genetics that complements the related species Xenopus laevis (the African clawed frog)3, a widely used vertebrate model for developmental biology.
References
- ^ Enrique Amaya, Martin F. Offield, and Robert M. Grainger. Frog genetics: Xenopus tropicalis jumps into the future. Trends in Genetics. Volume 14, Issue 7, 1 July 1998, Pages 253-255.
- ^ JGI X. tropicalis v4.1
- ^ Bowes et al (2008). Xenbase: a Xenopus biology and genomics resource. Nucleic Acids Res 36:D761.
External links
- Xenbase Xenopus model organism database
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