Color Atlas of Adult Xenopus laevis

This atlas offers stunning color electron scanning micrographs and exceptional light microscopy pictures of capillaries, vessels and diverse histomorphological tissues and organs of Xenopus laevis .

The model organisms Xenopus laevis serves to study basic biological questions related to growth, differentiation, maturation, and regression of cells, tissues and organs. Xenopus and human genomes have long stretches of gene collinearity, and 79% of identified human disease genes have a verified ortholog in Xenopus .

Thus, this atlas will be a powerful tool for anatomists, morphologists, histologists and physiologists interested in normal and pathologically altered organs and tissue; and to all researchers, who wish to learn more about the microvascular anatomy of this vertebrate model organism.

Comprises more than 300 colored figures Offers a detailed account on the circulatory system of Xenopus laevis Sets a particular emphasis on the tissue- and organ-specific microvascular anatomy

Auteur

Alois Lametschwandtner (PhD) is a retired Professor of the University of Salzburg, Austria. He is an expert in scanning electron microscopy of vascular casts and animal histology and physiology.
Bernd Minnich (PhD) is Professor at the University of Salzburg, Austria. His research focuses on vascular biology, electron microscopy and biostatistics.

Contenu

1. Introduction.- 2. Materials and Methods.- 3. Microvasculature of Xenopus Tissues and Organs.