Xenopus is a model organism for studying biology. Jessica Mendoza: Xenopus is a type of frog native to Sub-Saharan Africa. Their cells are very useful to scientists like Kseniia. Their similarity ...

Kseniia Petrova fled Russia after protesting its invasion of Ukraine. Caught in President Trump’s immigration crackdown, she ...

British zoologist Lancelot Hogben was studying African clawed frogs (Xenopus laevis) when he noticed that their skin color would change depending on the growing environment. He hypothesized that ...

More information: Ben J Evans et al, Rapid Sex Chromosome Turnover in African Clawed Frogs (Xenopus) and the Origins of New Sex Chromosomes, Molecular Biology and Evolution (2024). DOI ...

When founder Michael Zasloff observed that Xenopus frogs appeared resistant to infection after being cut open to remove eggs, a closer inspection revealed skin-secreted peptides with broad ...

via Wikimedia Commons The creature at the heart of this scientific revolution is the African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis). Semiaquatic and easily distinguishable by its clawed hind legs, this frog may ...

To address these questions both in vivo and in vitro, I have used several model systems, including the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster), the African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis), and human cell ...

Bastar's biodiversity has been further highlighted with the discovery of the Assam Pygmy Frog, Chirixalus simus, alongside three other frog species, bringing the region's total to 21. Researchers ...