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Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology ((MIMB,volume 917))

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Since the advent of computational methods in biology, the quantity of biological data has grown exponentially. These data support genomic, genetic, developmental, and other forms of biological experimentation. The number of on-line resources has kept pace with the growth in data. Xenopus has perhaps lagged some of the other model organisms in developing resources, but is now quickly catching up. There are now a number of well-established and developing resources for Xenopus. This chapter looks beyond the widely known public databases, Genbank and the EBI, and describes how the researcher can use a number of central sites such as Xenbase, UniProtKB, and major genome browsers to navigate to a variety of different resources.

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This work is funded by the NICHHD grant 1P41HD064556-01. Thanks to Kevin Snyder for assistance in this work.

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  1. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

    Jeff Bowes

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    STEFAN HOPPLER

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    Peter D Vize

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Bowes, J. (2012). On-Line Resources for Xenopus . In: HOPPLER, S., Vize, P. (eds) Xenopus Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 917. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-61779-992-1_31

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