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]
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]