Like most amphibians these begin life in a juvenile "tadpole" state, then metamorphose into the adult form — except for one species, the axolotl, which famously lives its entire life as a juvenile.

像大多数的两栖动物一样，它们从幼年的“蝌蚪”状态蜕变成成年的形式——蝾螈这个物种除外，众所周知，它一生都处于幼年状态。

The simplest explanation for this is that the axolotl lineage alone lost the ability to metamorphose, while others retained it.

对此最简单的解释是，只有蝾螈谱系失去了变形的能力，而其他族系则保留了这种能力。

For years people were baffled by the axolotl.

很多年来，美西蝾螈一直令人感到困惑。

In the wild, the axolotl is found only in Lake Xochimilco near Mexico City.

野生的美西蝾螈只有在墨西哥市的霍奇米尔科湖才能找到。

You can read more about Axolotl Corporation by viewing the Axolotl Company Profile.

信息螈你可以阅读更多关于螈公司通过查看螈公司简介。

The axolotl is an amphibian - one of a group of animals that spend their lives both on land and in water.

美西蝾螈属于两栖类动物，能够在陆地和水中生活。

The researchers are homing in on a particular enzyme called amblox which makes the axolotl unique in the animal kingdom.

研究人员把伤口复原的原因归之于一种特殊的酶，这种酶叫做amblox，在动物王国中，只有蝾螈才有这种独一无二的物质。

The ghostly looking Mexican axolotl retains some of its larval features for life, including its feathery pink external gills.

一副可怕的模样是墨西哥的蝾螈保留一些它的幼虫的特征为了生活，包括它的柔软如毛的粉红色外表的腮。

The axolotl salamander is able to regrow its limbs and even damaged organs. But it loses its ability to regenerate as it grows older

美西螈能使它的四肢甚至是受损的器官再生，但随着年龄的增长，它们会失去这种再生的能力。

Axolotl salamanders are now going under the knife - while anaesthetised - in experiments at the Hanover Medical School in Germany.

科学家们正在德国汉诺威医学院做着美西螈的麻醉和解剖实验。

Similarly, the limb blastema in Axolotl consists of various types of fate restricted progenitor cells that provided cells for the regenerated limb.

美西螈断肢再生芽基由各种前体细胞构成，再生中各组织亦来源于相应组织的前体细胞。

Helene Hegemann, daughter of famed German dramatist Carl Hegemann, recently released her debut novel Axolotl Roadkill, which is currently working its way up a number of German bestseller lists.

作为德国著名剧作家卡尔·赫格曼(Carl Hegemann)的女儿，海伦·赫格曼(Helene Hegemann)最近出版了她的小说处女作《路毙的蝾螈》(Axolotl Roadkill)，目前这本书正爬上德国许多畅销书的名单。

It provides numerous links to developmental biology research resources, including dynamic development, axolotl colony, genetic and molecular data for drosophila, mouse embryo and cancer genome etc.

该网页提供众多关于发育生物学研究的资源链接，包括动态发育，蝾螈种群，果蝇的遗传和分子数据，小鼠胚胎以及癌症基因组等等。