Xenopus | Lysapsus laevis | Lepidobatrachus laevis | B. laevis | Bidens laevis |
During that year, a study of nucleoli by John Gurdon and Donald Brown in the African clawed frog Xenopus laevis, generated increasing interest in the function and detailed structure of the nucleolus.
He is known for his work on innate immunity and antimicrobial peptides including the discovery of Magainin from the frog Xenopus laevis.