Research Catalog

Title

Essential developmental biology : a practical approach / edited by Claudio D. Stern and Peter W.H. Holland.

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [1993], ©1993.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Stern, C. D. (Claudio D.)
• Holland, Peter W. H.

Description

xxviii, 333 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Practical approach series ; 132

Uniform Title

Practical approach series ; 132.

Subjects

• Developmental biology > Laboratory manuals
• Developmental Biology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Drosophila embryos / Zandy Forbes and Philip Ingham -- 2. Nematode embryos / Lois G. Edgar and William B. Wood -- 3. Embryos and larvae of invertebrate deuterostomes / Nicholas D. Holland and Linda Z. Holland -- 4. Zebrafish embryos / Rachel M. Warga -- 5. Xenopus / Ariel Ruiz i Altaba -- 6. Avian embryos / Claudio D. Stern -- 7. Postimplantation mammalian embryos / Gillian M. Morriss-Kay -- 8. Simple tips for photomicrography of embryos / Claudio D. Stern -- 9. Fate maps and cell lineage analysis / Ariel Ruiz i Altaba, Rachel M. Warga and Claudio D. Stern -- 10. Microinjection into Drosophila embryos / Philip Ingham and Zandy Forbes -- 11. Cell transplantation in Xenopus / Ariel Ruiz i Altaba -- 12. Transplantation in avian embryos / Claudio D. Stern -- 13. Chick limb buds / Cheryll Tickle -- 14. Nuclear transplantation / John B. Gurdon -- 15. Laser ablation of cells / Judith Eisen, Rachel M. Warga, Lois G. Edgar and William B. Wood.
• 16. Studying cell movements in vivo by time-lapse video microscopy / Peter V. Thorogood and Dee Amanze -- 17. Induction assays in Xenopus / Ariel Ruiz i Altaba -- 18. Culture of avian neural crest cells / Elisabeth Dupin and Nicole M. Le Douarin -- 19. Embryonic stem cells and gene targeting / Elizabeth J. Robertson and Gail R. Martin -- 20. Introduction of genes using retroviral vectors / Jack Price -- 21. Immunocytochemistry of embryonic material / Claudio D. Stern -- 22. RNAase protection assays / Ariel Ruiz i Altaba -- 23. cDNA library construction / Akira Kakizuka, Ruth T. Yu, Ronald M. Evans and Kazuhiko Umesono -- 24. Analysis of gene expression by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction / Peter Koopman -- 25. Cloning genes using the polymerase chain reaction / Peter W. H. Holland -- 26. In situ hybridization / David G. Wilkinson -- Appendix 1. Stage tables. 1a. Westerfield (1993) stages of zebrafish development. 1b. Nieuwkoop and Faber (1967) table of Xenopus laevis development.
• 1c. Eyal-Giladi and Kochav (1976) table of normal stages of chick development before formation of primitive streak. 1.d. Hamburger and Hamilton (1951) table of normal stages of the chick embryo after the appearance of the primitive streak -- Appendix 2. Suppliers of specialist items.

ISBN

• 0199634238
• 019963422X (pbk.)
• 199624238 : (canceled/invalid)
• 019962422X (pbk.) : (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

93018888

OCLC

ocm27854364

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries