Xenopus Laevis

Definition: Xenopus Laevis

Xenopus Laevis

Noun

1. Native to Africa; established in the United States as result of release of laboratory and aquarium animals.

Specialty Definition: Xenopus Laevis

Domain	Definition
Health	The commonest and widest ranging species of the clawed "frog" (Xenopus) in Africa. This species is used extensively in research. There is now a significant population in California derived from escaped laboratory animals. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Xenopus laevis

The African clawed toed frog Xenopus laevis daudin is an important model organism in developmental biology. While it is not blessed with the short generation time and genetic simplicity found in many model organisms it does have a large and easily manipulable embryo. This ease of manipulation in amphibian embryos has given them an important place in both historical and modern developmental biology.

Xenopus are also notable as having been a standard method of pregnancy testing. Human chorionic gonadotrophin is a hormone found in substantial quantities in the urine of pregnant women; when injected into the female X. laevis it induces them to lay eggs.

Commercial Usage: Xenopus Laevis

Domain	Title
Books	Identification of CYK, A Cyclin B2 Kinase as a Novel Calcium, Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase II and Its Role During Xenopus Laevis Oocyte Maturation (Acta Biomedica Lovaniensia 205) (reference) Normal Table of Xenopus Laevis (Daudin): A Systematical and Chronological Survey of the Development from the Fertilized Egg Till the End of Metamorphosis (Daudin: A Systematical and Chronological Survey of the Development from thE Fertilized Egg Till the (reference) Autoradiography of Progesterone and Model Compound Entry and Distribution in Xenopus Laevis Oocytes (Progress in Histochemistry and Cyctochemistry, V) (reference) (more book examples)
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Anagrams: Xenopus Laevis

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