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A Quick History of Xenopus
FIGURE 1.1 Images of Xenopus, then and now. (A) An illustration from Daudin’s frst description of Xenopus in 1803. Note the
absence of claws. (B) An illustration, showing the claws, from Gray’s 1864 report. (C) A X enopus tadpole as illustrated by Pierre Jacques
Smit in Beddard’s report on the frst captive breeding in 1894. (D) A modern image of a Xenopus tadpole with immunostaining for neural
and muscle tissues.
Source: Images in A–C are used with permission from the Biodiversity Heritage Library. D courtesy of Helen Willsey.
A Quick History of Xenopus
FIGURE 1.1 Images of Xenopus, then and now. (A) An illustration from Daudin’s frst description of Xenopus in 1803. Note the
absence of claws. (B) An illustration, showing the claws, from Gray’s 1864 report. (C) A X enopus tadpole as illustrated by Pierre Jacques
Smit in Beddard’s report on the frst captive breeding in 1894. (D) A modern image of a Xenopus tadpole with immunostaining for neural
and muscle tissues.
Source: Images in A–C are used with permission from the Biodiversity Heritage Library. D courtesy of Helen Willsey.