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    Thermo Fisher xenopus tropicalis genome array
    The <t>Xenopus</t> <t>tropicalis</t> tadpole has the capacity to regenerate its tail . ( A ) Schematic diagram of the tissues located in the Xenopus tropicalis tadpole tail. ( B ) Transverse section of tadpole tail visualized with toluidine blue. ( C-E ) An amputated tail (C), uncut tail (D), and regenerated tail 7 days after amputation (E). ( F-H ) Immunostaining against skeletal muscle (12/101; F), neurons (acetylated tubulin; G), and vasculature (mTie-2::eGFP transgene; H). ( I-O ) A regenerated tail at one month post-amputation (I). Immunostaining showing skeletal muscle (12/101; J, K), neurons (acetylated tubulin; L, M), and vasculature (mTieGFP transgene; N, O) in non-cut and regenerated tails 28 days post amputation. Green arrowhead depicts amputation site; red arrowhead shows parallel axonal tract; orange arrowheads shows parallel blood vessels. Red scale bar is 1000 μm.
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    Article Title: Genome-wide analysis of gene expression during Xenopus tropicalis tadpole tail regeneration

    Journal: BMC Developmental Biology

    doi: 10.1186/1471-213X-11-70

    The Xenopus tropicalis tadpole has the capacity to regenerate its tail . ( A ) Schematic diagram of the tissues located in the Xenopus tropicalis tadpole tail. ( B ) Transverse section of tadpole tail visualized with toluidine blue. ( C-E ) An amputated tail (C), uncut tail (D), and regenerated tail 7 days after amputation (E). ( F-H ) Immunostaining against skeletal muscle (12/101; F), neurons (acetylated tubulin; G), and vasculature (mTie-2::eGFP transgene; H). ( I-O ) A regenerated tail at one month post-amputation (I). Immunostaining showing skeletal muscle (12/101; J, K), neurons (acetylated tubulin; L, M), and vasculature (mTieGFP transgene; N, O) in non-cut and regenerated tails 28 days post amputation. Green arrowhead depicts amputation site; red arrowhead shows parallel axonal tract; orange arrowheads shows parallel blood vessels. Red scale bar is 1000 μm.
    Figure Legend Snippet: The Xenopus tropicalis tadpole has the capacity to regenerate its tail . ( A ) Schematic diagram of the tissues located in the Xenopus tropicalis tadpole tail. ( B ) Transverse section of tadpole tail visualized with toluidine blue. ( C-E ) An amputated tail (C), uncut tail (D), and regenerated tail 7 days after amputation (E). ( F-H ) Immunostaining against skeletal muscle (12/101; F), neurons (acetylated tubulin; G), and vasculature (mTie-2::eGFP transgene; H). ( I-O ) A regenerated tail at one month post-amputation (I). Immunostaining showing skeletal muscle (12/101; J, K), neurons (acetylated tubulin; L, M), and vasculature (mTieGFP transgene; N, O) in non-cut and regenerated tails 28 days post amputation. Green arrowhead depicts amputation site; red arrowhead shows parallel axonal tract; orange arrowheads shows parallel blood vessels. Red scale bar is 1000 μm.

    Techniques Used: Immunostaining

    Array analysis of X. tropicalis tail regeneration . ( A ) The schematic diagrams of the early, intermediate, and late stages of tail regeneration. The circled areas depict the portion of tissue, and hence the RNA, collected and used for array analysis. ( B ) Shows the similarities of the eight arrays (four array time points in duplicate) using principal component analysis (PCA) mapping.
    Figure Legend Snippet: Array analysis of X. tropicalis tail regeneration . ( A ) The schematic diagrams of the early, intermediate, and late stages of tail regeneration. The circled areas depict the portion of tissue, and hence the RNA, collected and used for array analysis. ( B ) Shows the similarities of the eight arrays (four array time points in duplicate) using principal component analysis (PCA) mapping.

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    Analysis  X.tropicalis  array
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    Techniques Used: Expressing

    RT-qPCR Primer and Probe Sequences
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    Techniques Used: Sequencing

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    Expressing:

    Article Title: Genome-wide analysis of gene expression during Xenopus tropicalis tadpole tail regeneration
    Article Snippet: We examined gene expression using the Xenopus tropicalis Affymetrix genome array during three phases of regeneration, uncovering more than 1,000 genes that are significantly modulated during tail regeneration.

    Article Title: Genome-wide analysis of gene expression during Xenopus tropicalis tadpole tail regeneration
    Article Snippet: We next endeavored to catalogue the changes in the transcriptome through the early, intermediate, and late phases of regeneration using the Affymetrix Xenopus tropicalis genome array.

    Article Title: Genome-wide analysis of gene expression during Xenopus tropicalis tadpole tail regeneration
    Article Snippet: Transcriptomic analysis of the early, intermediate, and late stages of tail regeneration We next endeavored to catalogue the changes in the transcriptome through the early, intermediate, and late phases of regeneration using the Affymetrix Xenopus tropicalis genome array.

    Immunostaining:

    Article Title: Genome-wide analysis of gene expression during Xenopus tropicalis tadpole tail regeneration
    Article Snippet: We examined gene expression using the Xenopus tropicalis Affymetrix genome array during three phases of regeneration, uncovering more than 1,000 genes that are significantly modulated during tail regeneration.

    Article Title: Genome-wide analysis of gene expression during Xenopus tropicalis tadpole tail regeneration
    Article Snippet: We next endeavored to catalogue the changes in the transcriptome through the early, intermediate, and late phases of regeneration using the Affymetrix Xenopus tropicalis genome array.

    Article Title: Genome-wide analysis of gene expression during Xenopus tropicalis tadpole tail regeneration
    Article Snippet: Transcriptomic analysis of the early, intermediate, and late stages of tail regeneration We next endeavored to catalogue the changes in the transcriptome through the early, intermediate, and late phases of regeneration using the Affymetrix Xenopus tropicalis genome array.

    Sequencing:

    Article Title: Genome-wide analysis of gene expression during Xenopus tropicalis tadpole tail regeneration
    Article Snippet: We examined gene expression using the Xenopus tropicalis Affymetrix genome array during three phases of regeneration, uncovering more than 1,000 genes that are significantly modulated during tail regeneration.

    Article Title: Genome-wide analysis of gene expression during Xenopus tropicalis tadpole tail regeneration
    Article Snippet: We next endeavored to catalogue the changes in the transcriptome through the early, intermediate, and late phases of regeneration using the Affymetrix Xenopus tropicalis genome array.

    Article Title: Genome-wide analysis of gene expression during Xenopus tropicalis tadpole tail regeneration
    Article Snippet: Transcriptomic analysis of the early, intermediate, and late stages of tail regeneration We next endeavored to catalogue the changes in the transcriptome through the early, intermediate, and late phases of regeneration using the Affymetrix Xenopus tropicalis genome array.



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    The Xenopus tropicalis tadpole has the capacity to regenerate its tail . ( A ) Schematic diagram of the tissues located in the Xenopus tropicalis tadpole tail. ( B ) Transverse section of tadpole tail visualized with toluidine blue. ( C-E ) An amputated tail (C), uncut tail (D), and regenerated tail 7 days after amputation (E). ( F-H ) Immunostaining against skeletal muscle (12/101; F), neurons (acetylated tubulin; G), and vasculature (mTie-2::eGFP transgene; H). ( I-O ) A regenerated tail at one month post-amputation (I). Immunostaining showing skeletal muscle (12/101; J, K), neurons (acetylated tubulin; L, M), and vasculature (mTieGFP transgene; N, O) in non-cut and regenerated tails 28 days post amputation. Green arrowhead depicts amputation site; red arrowhead shows parallel axonal tract; orange arrowheads shows parallel blood vessels. Red scale bar is 1000 μm.

    Journal: BMC Developmental Biology

    Article Title: Genome-wide analysis of gene expression during Xenopus tropicalis tadpole tail regeneration

    doi: 10.1186/1471-213X-11-70

    Figure Lengend Snippet: The Xenopus tropicalis tadpole has the capacity to regenerate its tail . ( A ) Schematic diagram of the tissues located in the Xenopus tropicalis tadpole tail. ( B ) Transverse section of tadpole tail visualized with toluidine blue. ( C-E ) An amputated tail (C), uncut tail (D), and regenerated tail 7 days after amputation (E). ( F-H ) Immunostaining against skeletal muscle (12/101; F), neurons (acetylated tubulin; G), and vasculature (mTie-2::eGFP transgene; H). ( I-O ) A regenerated tail at one month post-amputation (I). Immunostaining showing skeletal muscle (12/101; J, K), neurons (acetylated tubulin; L, M), and vasculature (mTieGFP transgene; N, O) in non-cut and regenerated tails 28 days post amputation. Green arrowhead depicts amputation site; red arrowhead shows parallel axonal tract; orange arrowheads shows parallel blood vessels. Red scale bar is 1000 μm.

    Article Snippet: We examined gene expression using the Xenopus tropicalis Affymetrix genome array during three phases of regeneration, uncovering more than 1,000 genes that are significantly modulated during tail regeneration.

    Techniques: Immunostaining

    Array analysis of X. tropicalis tail regeneration . ( A ) The schematic diagrams of the early, intermediate, and late stages of tail regeneration. The circled areas depict the portion of tissue, and hence the RNA, collected and used for array analysis. ( B ) Shows the similarities of the eight arrays (four array time points in duplicate) using principal component analysis (PCA) mapping.

    Journal: BMC Developmental Biology

    Article Title: Genome-wide analysis of gene expression during Xenopus tropicalis tadpole tail regeneration

    doi: 10.1186/1471-213X-11-70

    Figure Lengend Snippet: Array analysis of X. tropicalis tail regeneration . ( A ) The schematic diagrams of the early, intermediate, and late stages of tail regeneration. The circled areas depict the portion of tissue, and hence the RNA, collected and used for array analysis. ( B ) Shows the similarities of the eight arrays (four array time points in duplicate) using principal component analysis (PCA) mapping.

    Article Snippet: We examined gene expression using the Xenopus tropicalis Affymetrix genome array during three phases of regeneration, uncovering more than 1,000 genes that are significantly modulated during tail regeneration.

    Techniques:

    Analysis  X.tropicalis  array

    Journal: BMC Developmental Biology

    Article Title: Genome-wide analysis of gene expression during Xenopus tropicalis tadpole tail regeneration

    doi: 10.1186/1471-213X-11-70

    Figure Lengend Snippet: Analysis X.tropicalis array

    Article Snippet: We examined gene expression using the Xenopus tropicalis Affymetrix genome array during three phases of regeneration, uncovering more than 1,000 genes that are significantly modulated during tail regeneration.

    Techniques: Expressing

    RT-qPCR Primer and Probe Sequences

    Journal: BMC Developmental Biology

    Article Title: Genome-wide analysis of gene expression during Xenopus tropicalis tadpole tail regeneration

    doi: 10.1186/1471-213X-11-70

    Figure Lengend Snippet: RT-qPCR Primer and Probe Sequences

    Article Snippet: We examined gene expression using the Xenopus tropicalis Affymetrix genome array during three phases of regeneration, uncovering more than 1,000 genes that are significantly modulated during tail regeneration.

    Techniques: Sequencing

    The Xenopus tropicalis tadpole has the capacity to regenerate its tail . ( A ) Schematic diagram of the tissues located in the Xenopus tropicalis tadpole tail. ( B ) Transverse section of tadpole tail visualized with toluidine blue. ( C-E ) An amputated tail (C), uncut tail (D), and regenerated tail 7 days after amputation (E). ( F-H ) Immunostaining against skeletal muscle (12/101; F), neurons (acetylated tubulin; G), and vasculature (mTie-2::eGFP transgene; H). ( I-O ) A regenerated tail at one month post-amputation (I). Immunostaining showing skeletal muscle (12/101; J, K), neurons (acetylated tubulin; L, M), and vasculature (mTieGFP transgene; N, O) in non-cut and regenerated tails 28 days post amputation. Green arrowhead depicts amputation site; red arrowhead shows parallel axonal tract; orange arrowheads shows parallel blood vessels. Red scale bar is 1000 μm.

    Journal: BMC Developmental Biology

    Article Title: Genome-wide analysis of gene expression during Xenopus tropicalis tadpole tail regeneration

    doi: 10.1186/1471-213X-11-70

    Figure Lengend Snippet: The Xenopus tropicalis tadpole has the capacity to regenerate its tail . ( A ) Schematic diagram of the tissues located in the Xenopus tropicalis tadpole tail. ( B ) Transverse section of tadpole tail visualized with toluidine blue. ( C-E ) An amputated tail (C), uncut tail (D), and regenerated tail 7 days after amputation (E). ( F-H ) Immunostaining against skeletal muscle (12/101; F), neurons (acetylated tubulin; G), and vasculature (mTie-2::eGFP transgene; H). ( I-O ) A regenerated tail at one month post-amputation (I). Immunostaining showing skeletal muscle (12/101; J, K), neurons (acetylated tubulin; L, M), and vasculature (mTieGFP transgene; N, O) in non-cut and regenerated tails 28 days post amputation. Green arrowhead depicts amputation site; red arrowhead shows parallel axonal tract; orange arrowheads shows parallel blood vessels. Red scale bar is 1000 μm.

    Article Snippet: To maximise the numbers of Affymetrix Xenopus tropicalis genome array target probes associated with RefSeq protein IDs, we searched the probe set consensus sequences directly against NCBI protein data sets, and indirectly against the same protein sequences via a set of assembled Xenopus tropicalis EST gene sequences [ ].

    Techniques: Immunostaining

    Array analysis of X. tropicalis tail regeneration . ( A ) The schematic diagrams of the early, intermediate, and late stages of tail regeneration. The circled areas depict the portion of tissue, and hence the RNA, collected and used for array analysis. ( B ) Shows the similarities of the eight arrays (four array time points in duplicate) using principal component analysis (PCA) mapping.

    Journal: BMC Developmental Biology

    Article Title: Genome-wide analysis of gene expression during Xenopus tropicalis tadpole tail regeneration

    doi: 10.1186/1471-213X-11-70

    Figure Lengend Snippet: Array analysis of X. tropicalis tail regeneration . ( A ) The schematic diagrams of the early, intermediate, and late stages of tail regeneration. The circled areas depict the portion of tissue, and hence the RNA, collected and used for array analysis. ( B ) Shows the similarities of the eight arrays (four array time points in duplicate) using principal component analysis (PCA) mapping.

    Article Snippet: To maximise the numbers of Affymetrix Xenopus tropicalis genome array target probes associated with RefSeq protein IDs, we searched the probe set consensus sequences directly against NCBI protein data sets, and indirectly against the same protein sequences via a set of assembled Xenopus tropicalis EST gene sequences [ ].

    Techniques:

    Analysis  X.tropicalis  array

    Journal: BMC Developmental Biology

    Article Title: Genome-wide analysis of gene expression during Xenopus tropicalis tadpole tail regeneration

    doi: 10.1186/1471-213X-11-70

    Figure Lengend Snippet: Analysis X.tropicalis array

    Article Snippet: To maximise the numbers of Affymetrix Xenopus tropicalis genome array target probes associated with RefSeq protein IDs, we searched the probe set consensus sequences directly against NCBI protein data sets, and indirectly against the same protein sequences via a set of assembled Xenopus tropicalis EST gene sequences [ ].

    Techniques: Expressing

    RT-qPCR Primer and Probe Sequences

    Journal: BMC Developmental Biology

    Article Title: Genome-wide analysis of gene expression during Xenopus tropicalis tadpole tail regeneration

    doi: 10.1186/1471-213X-11-70

    Figure Lengend Snippet: RT-qPCR Primer and Probe Sequences

    Article Snippet: To maximise the numbers of Affymetrix Xenopus tropicalis genome array target probes associated with RefSeq protein IDs, we searched the probe set consensus sequences directly against NCBI protein data sets, and indirectly against the same protein sequences via a set of assembled Xenopus tropicalis EST gene sequences [ ].

    Techniques: Sequencing

    Tadpoles of spadefoot toads (genus Spea) exhibit striking phenotypic plasticity. Depending on their environment, these tadpoles develop into either (a) omnivores that eat detritus, algae, and small invertebrates or (b) carnivores that specialize on fairy shrimp. (c) This plasticity is restricted to Spea (filled circles: taxa in which both morphs are present; open circles: taxa in which only omnivores are present). Generic names: Sp.: Spea; Sc.: Scaphiopus; Pd.: Pelodytes; Pb.: Pelobates; Br.: Brachytarsophrys; M.: Megophrys; L.:Leptolalax; X.: Xenopus; gray boxes indicate those species that were used in the present study. Panel (c) re-drawn from Ledón-Rettig and Pfennig (2011).

    Journal: Integrative and Comparative Biology

    Article Title: Relaxed Genetic Constraint is Ancestral to the Evolution of Phenotypic Plasticity

    doi: 10.1093/icb/ics049

    Figure Lengend Snippet: Tadpoles of spadefoot toads (genus Spea) exhibit striking phenotypic plasticity. Depending on their environment, these tadpoles develop into either (a) omnivores that eat detritus, algae, and small invertebrates or (b) carnivores that specialize on fairy shrimp. (c) This plasticity is restricted to Spea (filled circles: taxa in which both morphs are present; open circles: taxa in which only omnivores are present). Generic names: Sp.: Spea; Sc.: Scaphiopus; Pd.: Pelodytes; Pb.: Pelobates; Br.: Brachytarsophrys; M.: Megophrys; L.:Leptolalax; X.: Xenopus; gray boxes indicate those species that were used in the present study. Panel (c) re-drawn from Ledón-Rettig and Pfennig (2011).

    Article Snippet: Microarray hybridization was conducted at the University of North Carolina Functional Genomics Core using Affymetrix GeneChip Xenopus tropicalis genome arrays according to the manufacture’s protocol.

    Techniques:

    Tests for variation in rate of molecular evolution between lineages

    Journal: Integrative and Comparative Biology

    Article Title: Relaxed Genetic Constraint is Ancestral to the Evolution of Phenotypic Plasticity

    doi: 10.1093/icb/ics049

    Figure Lengend Snippet: Tests for variation in rate of molecular evolution between lineages

    Article Snippet: Microarray hybridization was conducted at the University of North Carolina Functional Genomics Core using Affymetrix GeneChip Xenopus tropicalis genome arrays according to the manufacture’s protocol.

    Techniques: