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A transverse section through the Xenopus tadpole intersects multiple loops of the rotated intestine. (IMAGE)
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Zoology and Physiology
I am especially interested in the molecular pathways underlying this process. My lab studies these questions in the developing visual system of the Xenopus laevis tadpole. Because these tadpoles are ...
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How Tadpoles Garner the Energy to Regenerate Their Tails
Their first experiment seemed to bear this out. After the team snipped the tails off tadpoles of the western clawed frog (Xenopus tropicalis), they observed increased glucose levels in the ...
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Tadpoles Keep Eating Because They Don’t Feel Full
To investigate how this hormone might prepare juvenile amphibians for metamorphosis, the team analyzed levels of mRNA transcripts for leptin receptor proteins and for the hormone itself in tadpoles of ...
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A metamorphosed frog (stage 66, Xenopus tropicalis), highlighting the urostyle. (IMAGE)
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