Western clawed frog

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Western Clawed Frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pipidae
Subfamily: Xenopodinae
Genus: Xenopus
Species: X. tropicalis
Binomial name
Xenopus tropicalis

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 sequenced[2], 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.

[edit] References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ JGI X. tropicalis v4.1
  3. ^ Bowes et al (2008). Xenbase: a Xenopus biology and genomics resource. Nucleic Acids Res 36:D761.

[edit] External links

  • Xenbase Xenopus model organism database
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