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Descriptor English: Xenopus laevis
Descriptor Spanish: Xenopus laevis
Descriptor Xenopus laevis
Entry term(s) Platanna
X. laevis
Scope note: Es la especie de rana con garras (Xenopus) más frecuente y de mayor disbribución en África. Se utiliza exhaustivamente en investigación. En California hay una importante población descendiente de animales de laboratorio que se escaparon.
Descriptor Portuguese: Xenopus laevis
Descriptor French: Xenopus laevis
Entry term(s): Platanna
Platannas
X. laevi
X. laevis
Tree number(s): B01.050.150.900.090.180.610.500.562
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014982
Scope note: The commonest and widest ranging species of the clawed frog (Xenopus) in Africa. This species is used extensively in research. There is now a significant population in California derived from escaped laboratory animals.
Annotation: NIM with no qualifiers when an experimental animal
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CL classification
EM embryology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
SU surgery
UR urine
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Xenopus (1972-1980)
Public MeSH Note: 81
History Note: 81
Related: Xenopus Proteins MeSH
DeCS ID: 15381
Unique ID: D014982
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1981/01/01
Date of Entry: 1980/05/13
Revision Date: 2017/02/08
Xenopus laevis - Preferred
Concept UI M0023062
Scope note The commonest and widest ranging species of the clawed frog (Xenopus) in Africa. This species is used extensively in research. There is now a significant population in California derived from escaped laboratory animals.
Preferred term Xenopus laevis
Entry term(s) Platanna
Platannas
X. laevi
X. laevis



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