Now that the human genome is sequenced, researchers are focusing on the study of the proteome, which is the protein content of an organism, tissue or cell. They have successfully tracked the changing ...

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Vol. 62, No. 11 (Sep., 2008), pp. 1821-1829 (9 pages) We examined the behavioral and developmental responses of Xenopus laevis larvae to their mirror images in ...

Because of its large eggs, Xenopus laevis -- the African clawed frog -- has become a popular model for studying embryo development and cell biology. It's smaller cousin, X. tropicalis, is now gaining ...

Fibroblast growth factor (FGF)/extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) signaling plays a crucial role in anterior–posterior (A–P) axial patterning of vertebrate embryos by promoting posterior ...