Salamanders are unique among tetrapods in their ability to regenerate the limbs throughout
life. Like other poikilothermic amphibians, salamanders also show a remarkable capacity to …

Context Functional connectivity across fragmented habitat patches is essential for the
conservation of animal populations in humanized landscapes. Given their low dispersal …

During tissue and organ regeneration, cells initially detect damage and then alter nuclear
transcription in favor of tissue/organ reconstruction. Until recently, studies of tissue …

The idea of regenerating injured body parts has captivated human imagination for centuries,
and the topic still remains an area of extensive scientific research. This review focuses on …

Transcriptome studies are revealing the complex gene expression basis of limb
regeneration in the primary salamander model–Ambystoma mexicanum (axolotl). To better …

Transgenic techniques have greatly increased our understanding of the transcriptional
regulation of target genes through live reporter imaging, as well as the spatiotemporal …

The ability to generate transgenic animals sparked a wave of research committed to
implementing such technology in a wide variety of model organisms. Building a solid base of …

Abstract Systems of genetic sex determination and the homology of sex chromosomes in
different taxa vary greatly across vertebrates. Much progress remains to be made in …

The salamander Ambystoma mexicanum, commonly called “the axolotl” has a long,
illustrious history as a model organism, perhaps with one of the longest track records as a …

The present review hypothesizes that during the transition from water to land, amniotes lost
part of the genetic program for metamorphosis utilized in larvae of their amphibian …