Axolotl <i>Ambystoma mexicanum</i> and Frog <i>Xenopus laevis</i> (IMAGE)

Indiana University School of Medicine

Axolotl <i>Ambystoma mexicanum</i> and Frog <i>Xenopus laevis</i>

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On the left is the axolotl Ambystoma mexicanum, a salamander that regenerates its limbs perfectly. On the right is the frog Xenopus laevis, which regenerates only a spike of cartilage

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Indiana University Center for Regenerative Biology and Medicine, School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

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