Normal development in Xenopus laevis: A complementary staging table for the skull based on cartilage and bone.
Erin M MacKenzieJade B AtkinsDana E KorneiselAlanna S CantelonIain W McKinnellHillary C MaddinPublished in: Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists (2022)
While events in skull development vary somewhat between specimens, and in comparison, to external events, this staging table is useful in showing both when bones first appear and for documenting the range of temporal variance in X. laevis skull development more accurately than previously done. Furthermore, when only skull data are available, the approximate stage of a specimen can now be determined.