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Therefore, it is important to verify if the activity of <jats:italic>ag1<\/jats:italic> lost by warm-blooded vertebrates is also essential for regeneration in amphibians, which could be a further argument in favor of our hypothesis. Here, we show that in the <jats:italic>Xenopus laevis<\/jats:italic> tadpoles in which the expression of <jats:italic>ag1<\/jats:italic> or <jats:italic>agr2<\/jats:italic> was artificially suppressed, regeneration of amputated tail tips was also significantly reduced. Importantly, overexpression of any of these <jats:italic>agrs<\/jats:italic> or treatment of tadpoles with any of their recombinant proteins resulted in the restoration of tail regeneration in the refractory period when these processes are severely inhibited in normal development. 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