Genetic Stocks of the Axolotl, Ambystoma mexicanum

墨西哥蝾螈是一种蝾螈， 脊椎动物模型系统在生物学研究的不同领域， 包括细胞生物学，发育遗传学，内分泌学， 神经生物学和生理学。 美西螈也被用于 大学、高中和高中教师的课堂练习 博物馆. 这笔赠款支持印第安纳州大学的蝾螈殖民地， 一直是美西蝾螈突变株的主要供应商， 自50年代末以来，科学界。 美西蝾螈繁殖中心， 保持并提供了特征良好的 蝾螈 它还出版新闻通讯， 美西蝾螈的可用性和有趣的科学社区 通过使用蝾螈获得的结果。

The Mexican axolotl is a salamander used as a non-mammalian vertebrate model system in diverse fields of biological research, including cell biology, developmental genetics, endocrinology, neurobiology, and physiology. The axolotl is also used in classroom exercises by teachers at colleges, high schools and museums. This grant supports the Indiana University Axolotl Colony, which has been the major supplier of mutant strains of axolotl to the scientific community since late 50's. The axolotl center breeds, maintains, and supplies the well-characterized genetic stock of axolotl. It also publishes newsletters to inform the user community of the availability of axolotl and interesting scientific findings obtained through the use of axolotl.