Inbreeding Ratio and Genetic Relationships among Strains of the Western Clawed Frog, Xenopus tropicalis

Takeshi Igawa; Ai Watanabe; Atsushi Suzuki; Akihiko Kashiwagi; Keiko Kashiwagi; Anna Noble; Matt Guille; David E. Simpson; Marko E. Horb; Tamotsu Fujii; Masayuki Sumida

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0133963

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Inbreeding Ratio and Genetic Relationships among Strains of the Western Clawed Frog, Xenopus tropicalis

Takeshi Igawa ,

* E-mail: tigawa@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

Current Address: Division of Development Science, Graduate School of International Development and Cooperation, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan

Affiliation Institute for Amphibian Biology, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
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Ai Watanabe,

Affiliation Institute for Amphibian Biology, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
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Atsushi Suzuki,

Affiliation Institute for Amphibian Biology, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
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Akihiko Kashiwagi,

Affiliation Institute for Amphibian Biology, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
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Keiko Kashiwagi,

Affiliation Institute for Amphibian Biology, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
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Anna Noble,

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Institute of Biomedical and Biomolecular Science, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
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Matt Guille,

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Institute of Biomedical and Biomolecular Science, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
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David E. Simpson,

Affiliation The Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, The Henry Wellcome Building of Cancer and Developmental Biology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Marko E. Horb,

Affiliation Bell Center for Regenerative Biology and Tissue Engineering and National Xenopus Resource, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, United States of America
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Tamotsu Fujii,

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Human Culture & Science, Prefectural University of Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
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Masayuki Sumida

Affiliation Institute for Amphibian Biology, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
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Inbreeding Ratio and Genetic Relationships among Strains of the Western Clawed Frog, Xenopus tropicalis

Takeshi Igawa,
Ai Watanabe,
Atsushi Suzuki,
Akihiko Kashiwagi,
Keiko Kashiwagi,
Anna Noble,
Matt Guille,
David E. Simpson,
Marko E. Horb,
Tamotsu Fujii

Published: July 29, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0133963

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