In 2015, Evans—who has studied the African clawed frog for over two decades—led a team which discovered six new species and added another back to the list of known species, providing the ...

A female African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis, was housed at the Biological Resources Facility of North Carolina State University in a tank with two other females. The frog was ∼1.5 years old and ...

Rapid Sex Chromosome Turnover in African Clawed Frogs (Xenopus) and the Origins of New Sex Chromosomes. Molecular Biology and Evolution , 2024; 41 (12) DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msae234 Cite This Page : ...

In nature, African clawed frogs live in water. This is the picture of the tetraploid African clawed frog in an aquarium at UNIST. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the ...

African clawed frogs used to be the best human pregnancy tests in the world. Doctors would inject a woman's urine into the back of a female frog; if positive, the frog would lay eggs. Frog or ...

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: 10.1093 ...

African clawed frogs are known for their flat bodies, vocal organs and claws on the first three toes of the hind feet. Hamilton, ON, Dec. 16, 2024 – Researchers at McMaster University have ...

It has such a dramatic effect." In his lab, Buchholz is using the gene-editing tool CRISPR to modify African clawed frogs, a species used as a model system in both biology and medicine.

Prior to conventional pregnancy tests being widely available, would-be parents often relied on the help of the African clawed frog to confirm the good news. In the first half of the 20th Century ...