Protocol describes the use of a basic water-based dye to stain for acid mucosubstances and acetic mucins located on the cartilage of fixed embryos, permitting the examination of cartilage formation. - [Read Cartilage Staining of Xenopus tropicalis Protocol]
Differences in injection of X. laevis and X. tropicalis. Includes: X. tropicalis lays eggs about 4 hours after a boost of hCG; In vitro fertilization is not nearly as efficient in trops compared to laevis; X. tropicalis embryos are much softer than X. laevis embryos; X. tropicalis embryos whose jelly coats are removed by cysteine have a loose sticky vitelline membrane; X. tropicalis do not have a "summer slump". - [Read Differences in Injection of X. laevis and X. tropicalis]
Information on the diseases of Xenopus tropicalis. Includes: PREMETAMORPHS: Bacterial Infection of Embryos; Protozoal Infestation of Tadpoles; POSTMETAMORPHS: Mycobacteriosis; Chytridiomycosis (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis). - [Read Diseases of Xenopus tropicalis]
MN in Human Lymphocytes (method and protocol description) Nina T. Holland, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, Berkeley - [Read Micronucleus assay Human Lymphocytes]