Xenopus
Sign in to saveXenopus () (from Greek ξενος, xenos 'strange' + πους, pous 'foot', commonly known as the clawed frog) is a genus of highly aquatic frogs native to sub-Saharan Africa. Twenty species are currently described within it. The two best-known species of this genus are Xenopus laevis and Xenopus tropicalis, which are commonly studied as model organisms for developmental biology, cell biology, toxicology, neuroscience and for modelling human disease and birth defects.
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16 sectionsContents
- Characteristics
- Description
- Behaviour
- Species
- Extant species
- Fossil species
- Model organism for biological research
- Online Model Organism Database
- Investigation of human disease genes
- Investigation of fundamental biological processes
- Small molecule screens to develop novel therapies
- Genetic studies
- Gene expression knockdown techniques
- Morpholino oligonucleotides
- References
- External links
Xenopus () (from Greek ξενος, xenos 'strange' + πους, pous 'foot', commonly known as the clawed frog) is a genus of highly aquatic frogs native to sub-Saharan Africa. Twenty species are currently described within it. The two best-known species of this genus are Xenopus laevis and Xenopus tropicalis, which are commonly studied as model organisms for developmental biology, cell biology, toxicology, neuroscience and for modelling human disease and birth defects.
The genus is also known for its polyploidy, with some species having up to 12 sets of chromosomes.