Center for Vision Research, SUNY Eye Institute, Upstate Medical University

2 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

Biology

Tissue Determination Using the Animal Cap Transplant (ACT) Assay in Xenopus laevis

¹Department of Ophthalmology, SUNY Upstate Medical University

Animal caps overexpressing gene product(s) are transplanted to the flank of developing Xenopus laevis embryos in order to establish whether tissue is determined.

Neuroscience

A Simple Behavioral Assay for Testing Visual Function in Xenopus laevis

Andrea S. Viczian¹, Michael E. Zuber¹

¹Ophthalmology Department, Center for Vision Research, SUNY Eye Institute, Upstate Medical University

Xenopus laevis tadpoles prefer swimming on the white side of a black/white tank. This behavior is guided by their vision. Based on this behavior, we present a simple assay to test the visual function of tadpoles.