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References:
[1] https://www.mexicolore.co.uk/aztecs/flora-and-fauna/axolotl
[2] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275663035_The_history_of_the_oldest_self-sustaining_laboratory_animal_150_years_of_axolotl_research_150_YEARS_OF_AXOLOTL_RESEARCH
[3] https://ambystoma.uky.edu/genetic-stock-center/newsletters/Older_archive/Issues-13-23/archive/issue18/05-11shaffer.pdf
[4] https://www.nature.com/articles/104435b0
[5] https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2018/regeneration-axolotl-can-teach-us-regrowing-human-limbs/
[6] https://qbi.uq.edu.au/brain-basics/brain-physiology/what-neurogenesis
[7] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23327114/
[8] https://www.pnas.org/content/110/23/9415.short
[9] https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0001227
[10] https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2013.13192
[11] https://www.researchgate.net/figure/The-Xochimilco-axolotl-population-has-declined-dramatically-over-the-last-few-years_fig2_283766634
[12] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Xochimilco
[13] https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-017-05921-w
[14] https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/saving-axolotls/