Color Atlas of Adult Xenopus laevis: Microvasculature of Tissues and Organs

This atlas offers stunning color electron scanning micrographs and  exceptional light microscopy pictures of capillaries, vessels and  diverse histomorphological tissues and organs of Xenopus laevis.

The  model organisms Xenopus laevis serves to study basic biological  questions related to growth, differentiation, maturation, and regression  of cells, tissues and organs. Xenopus and human genomes have long  stretches of gene collinearity, and 79% of identified human disease  genes have a verified ortholog in Xenopus.

Thus, this atlas will  be a powerful tool for anatomists, morphologists, histologists and  physiologists interested in normal and pathologically altered organs and  tissue; and to all researchers, who wish to learn more about the  microvascular anatomy of this vertebrate model organism.