Originally from central Mexico and now found worldwide, the axolotl is a prominent model organism in numerous fields of research.
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Sandoval-Guzmán, T. The axolotl. Nat Methods 20, 1117–1119 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-023-01961-5
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