Includes bibliographical references and index.

Section 1. Contributions to cell, developmental, and molecular biology

A quick history of xenopus : “the humble batrachian” / John B. Wallingford

The study of cell division control and DNA replication in xenopus egg extracts / Allison M. Jevitt, Susannah Rankin

Maternal mRNAs and the making of cell lineages in the early xenopus embryo / Douglas W. Houston

Signaling components in dorsal-ventral patterning and the organizer in xenopus / Edward M. De Robertis, Nydia Tejeda-Muñoz

Signaling pathways in anterior-posterior patterning / Chenbei Chang

Wnt signaling in tissue differentiation and morphogenesis / Stefan Hoppler, Michael Kühl

Multiple functions of notch signaling during early embryogenesis / Silvia L. López

The development and evolution of the vertebrate neural crest : insights from xenopus / Joshua R. York, Carole LaBonne

The use of xenopus oocytes to study the biophysics and pharmacological properties of receptors and channels / Ataúlfo Martínez-Torres, Elizabeth Pereida-Jaramillo

Section 2. Systems biology and the genomic era

The continuing evolution of the xenopus genome / Mariko Kondo, Masanori Taira

Dynamics of chromatin remodeling during embryonic development / Gert Jan C. Veenstra

Gene regulatory networks controlling xenopus embryogenesis / Ken W.Y. Cho, Ira L. Blitz

The development of high-resolution proteomic analyses in xenopus / Elizabeth Van Itallie, Leonid Peshkin

Advances in genome editing tools / Marko E. Horb, Anita Abu-Daya, Marcin Wlizla, Anna Noble, Matt Guille

Section 3. From basic biological insights to human disease

Formation of the left-right axis; insights from the xenopus model / Axel Schweickert, Tim Ott

Discovering the function of congenital heart disease genes / Delfina Pearledith González, Mustafa K. Khokha

Craniofacial development and disorders-contributions of xenopus / Ashwin Lokapally, Hazel Sive

Modeling digestive and respiratory system development and disease in xenopus / Scott A. Rankin, Aaron M. Zorn

Functional neurobiology in xenopus provides insights into health and disease / Clayton Gordy, Michael Forsthofer, Parthena Soupiadou, Suzan Özugur, Hans Straka

Leaping toward understanding of spinal cord regeneration / Paula G Slater, Gabriela Edwards-Faret, Juan Larraín

Studying tumor formation and regulation in xenopus / Dieter Tulkens, Kris Vleminckx

Xenopus : a model to study natural genetic variation and its disease implications / Avi Leibovich, Sally A. Moody, Steven L. Klein, Abraham Fainsod

Using xenopus to understand pluripotency and to reprogram cells for therapeutic use / Meghana S. Oak, Eva Hörmanseder