Establishing a New Research Axolotl Colony
Open accessAbstract
The field of regenerative biology has taken a keen interest in the Mexican axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) over the past few decades, as this salamander successfully regenerates amputated limbs and injured body parts. Recent progress in research tool development has also made possible axolotl genetic manipulation and single-cell analysis, which will help understand the molecular mechanisms of complex tissue regeneration. To support the growing popularity of this model, we describe how to set up a new axolotl housing facility at a research laboratory. We also review husbandry practices for raising axolotls and using them in biological research, with a focus on diet, water quality, breeding, and anesthesia.
The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.
Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.
Integrity signals
Registry
Cites
Statistics
Claims the paper makes
The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.
Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.
Self-check
Percentages, sums and reported differences re-computed from the paper’s own numbers.
The self-check needs the paper’s full text.
Cited by
Sorted by citations
Tiger colour morphs in zoos raise conservation and welfare concerns
Erzinçlioğlu, T. S., Piaz, M. T., Chinpilas, T., Hunnestad, A. V., Godfrey, L., & Fourage, A. (2026) · Discover Animals · doi:10.1007/s44338-026-00163-5
- Authors
- Yandulskaya, A. S., & Monaghan, J. R.
- Affiliations
- Northeastern University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Monaghan, James R.
- ORCID
- Monaghan, James R.
- Venue
- Methods in Molecular Biology
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Published
- 2022-10-23
- Volume
- 2562
- Pages
- 27-39
- ISSN
- 1064-3745 (ISSN-L)
- 1940-6029
- PMC
- PMC10948202
- OpenAlex
- W4307159527
- Cited by
- 5
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 3
- FWCI
- 1.26
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Methods in molecular biology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (P40OD019794)
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01HD099174)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Planarian Biology and Electrostimulation
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Amphibian and Reptile Biology
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
- Keywords
- axolotl, laboratory colony establishment, animal husbandry, water quality, anesthesia, limb regeneration, regenerative biology
- MeSH terms
- Ambystoma mexicanum, Animals
About these checks
Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.
Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.
Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.
What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›
Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review
