Overview
- Includes cutting-edge methods and protocols
- Provides step-by-step detail essential for reproducible results
- Contains key notes and implementation advice from the experts
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology (MIMB, volume 770)
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Table of contents (25 protocols)
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About this book
One of the striking findings of modern developmental biology has been the high degree of conservation of signaling and developmental mechanisms amongst different animal species. Such conservation allows information learned from a given organism to be applicable to other species, including humans, and has validated the use of a few model systems to deduce general biological principles. In spite of this underlying conservation, however, each species has unique characteristics arising from its evolutionary history. Vertebrate Embryogenesis: Embryological, Cellular and Genetic Methods attempts to address the increasingly important need of straddling species boundaries in the context of a single research program by compiling research protocols used in a wide range of vertebrate species. In fact, this volume has been designed so that readers can readily find information on species other than the one with which they may be most familiar. These protocols include not only embryological methods, but also cellular and genetic approaches that have complemented and expanded our understanding of embryonic development. In addition, a number of chapters highlight a specific method that is in principle applicable to multiple species, such as TILLING and ZFN-mediated mutagenesis, the generation of Embryonic Stem (ES) cell lines, and nuclear/oocyte transfer. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology™ series format, chapters contain introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and notes on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls.
Authoritative and accessible, Vertebrate Embryogenesis: Embryological, Cellular and Genetic Methods serves as an ideal guide to the molecular, cell, and developmental biology community and will hopefullycontribute to the ongoing collective effort towards a better understanding of the beauty and logic of vertebrate development.
Reviews
From the reviews:
“Prof. Francisco J. Pelegrini … deserves the great merit of assembling a twenty-four chapters volume that will surely help researchers and educators thanks to both the choice of the topics covered (which includes even a chapter dealing with the laboratory guidelines for animal care) and to the easy-to-follow protocols that highlight each chapter.” (CarloAlberto Redi, European Journal of Histochemistry, Vol. 56, 2012)Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Vertebrate Embryogenesis
Book Subtitle: Embryological, Cellular, and Genetic Methods
Editors: Francisco J. Pelegri
Series Title: Methods in Molecular Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-61779-210-6
Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ
eBook Packages: Springer Protocols
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-61779-209-0Published: 02 August 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-6161-0Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-61779-210-6Published: 02 August 2011
Series ISSN: 1064-3745
Series E-ISSN: 1940-6029
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 605
Topics: Cell Biology, Embryology