Article
Xenopus tropicalis as a model organism for genetics and genomics: past, present, and future.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) - 1 Jan 2012
Grainger Robert M
Abstract excerpt
Xenopus tropicalis was introduced as a model system for genetic, and then genomic research, in the early 1990s, complementing work on the widely used model organism Xenopus laevis. Its shorter generation time and diploid genome has facilitated a number of experimental approaches. It has permitted multigenerational experiments (e.g., preparation of transgenic lines and generation of mutant lines) that have added...
Topics
- Animals
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Disease Models, Animal
- Genome
- Genomics
- Humans
- Mutagenesis
- Mutation
- Xenopus