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African clawed frog
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English
right|thumb|An African clawed frog
Noun
A clawed frog found in southern Africa, Xenopus laevis species, that has some properties very useful for genetics.
en 2018 w:Tim Flannery Europe: The First 100 Million Years 283 Penguin 2019 Heaven knows what led him to do it, but Hogben found that if you injected an African clawed frog with the urine of a pregnant woman, within hours it would lay eggs.
Synonyms
Xenopus laevis xenopus, African clawed toad, platanna, common platanna
Translations
frog
Italian: it xenopo m
Portuguese: pt rã-de-unhas-africana f
Russian: ru гла́дкая шпо́рцевая лягу́шка f
References
Xenopus laevis 1
Xenopus laevis 1
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