title: Husbandry of Xenopus tropicalis.
abstract: Xenopus tropicalis combine the advantages of X. laevis, for example using explants and targeted gain of function, with the ability to take classical genetics approaches to answering cell and developmental biology questions making it arguably the most versatile of the model organisms. Against this background, husbandry of X. tropicalis is less well developed than for its larger, more robust relative. Here we describe the methods used to keep and breed these frogs successfully.
authors.affiliation: European Xenopus Resource Centre, School of Biological Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, England, UK.
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jafkins
authors.forename: Anita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abu-Daya
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Noble
authors.forename: Lyle B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Zimmerman
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guille
mesh_terms: D000821:Animal Feed; D000822:Animal Husbandry / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D000818:Animals; D002021:Buffers; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003307:Copulation; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009865:Oocytes / Q000166:cytology; D010060:Ovulation; D012102:Reproductive Control Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D012492:Salts / Q000737:chemistry; D012733:Sex Differentiation; D014186:Transportation; D018508:Water Purification; D014981:Xenopus / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D002021:Buffers; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin; D012102:Reproductive Control Agents; D012492:Salts