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Frog genome teeming with ‘jumping genes’
The Xenopus tropicalis genome is composed of more than 1.7 billion chemical bases spread out on 10 chromosomes. An international research team has sequenced the African clawed frog’s genome and has...
View ArticleAthletic frogs: Go bold or go home
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US) — The most toxic, brightly colored members of the poison frog family also may be the best athletes. The poison dart frogs of the Amazon jungle, so-named because some tribes use...
View ArticleWhy Amazon is hopping with treefrogs
STONY BROOK U. (US) — The intermingling of different treefrogs that lasted for more than 60 million years was instrumental in the biodiversity of trees, birds, and insects in the Amazon Basin....
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In pristine forests, fungus threatens frogs
CORNELL (US) — Untouched forests may not be a complete safe haven for amphibians. Risk of fungal infections is higher in such pristine environments, a new study finds. Many researchers have believed...
View ArticleToo sexy? Females limit showy males
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US) — Female cognitive ability can limit how melodious or handsome males become over evolutionary time, new research shows. Males across the animal world have evolved elaborate traits...
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Clawed frogs spread deadly amphibian fungus
STANFORD (US) — The African clawed frog, a species used around the world for biomedical research, is spreading an amphibian-killing fungus when they are released into the wild. In a new study,...
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