The African Clawed Frog <i>X. laevis</i> and the Western Clawed Frog <i>X. tropicalis</i> (IMAGE)

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University

The African Clawed Frog <i>X. laevis</i> and the Western Clawed Frog <i>X. tropicalis</i>

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The genome of the frog X. laevis (top) is roughly double that of its relative, X. tropicalis (bottom).

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Professor Atsushi Suzuki, Hiroshima University

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