Molecular Embryology

• The Mouse Embryo.- The Mouse as a Developmental Model.- Culture of Postimplantation Mouse Embryos.- Organ Culture in the Analysis of Tissue Interactions.- Treatment of Mice with Retinoids In Vivo and In Vitro.- Analysis of Skeletal Ontogenesis through Differential Staining of Bone and Cartilage.- Cell Grafting and Labeling in Postimplantation Mouse Embryos.- Production of Transgenic Rodents by the Microinjection of Cloned DNA into Fertilized One-Celled Eggs.- Cre Recombinase Mediated Alterations of the Mouse Genome Using Embryonic Stem Cells.- Gene Trapping in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells.- Application of lacZ Transgenic Mice to Cell Lineage Studies.- Transgenic RNA Interference to Investigate Gene Function in the Mouse.- Mouse Primordial Germ Cells.- Gene Transfer to the Rodent Embryo by Retroviral Vectors.- The Chicken Embryo.- The Avian Embryo.- Chick Embryos.- New Culture.- EC Culture.- Grafting Hensen's Node.- Grafting of Somites.- Microsurgical Manipulation of the Notochord.- Transplantation of Avian Neural Tissue.- Grafting of Apical Ridge and Polarizing Region.- Tissue Recombinations in Collagen Gels.- Quail—Chick Chimeras.- Using Fluorescent Dyes for Fate Mapping, Lineage Analysis, and Axon Tracing in the Chick Embryo.- Gene Transfer in Avian Embryos Using Replication-Competent Retroviruses.- Electroporation in Avian Embryos.- Amphibian Embryos.- An Overview of Xenopus Development.- Mesoderm Induction Assays.- Experimental Embryological Methods for Analysis of Neural Induction in the Amphibian.- A Method for Generating Transgenic Frog Embryos.- Axolotl/Newt.- Zebrafish And Medaka.- The Zebrafish.- Small-Scale Marker-Based Screening for Mutations in Zebrafish Development.- Microinjection and Cell Transplantation in Zebrafish Embryos.- Recent Advances inMeganuclease-and Transposon-Mediated Transgenesis of Medaka and Zebrafish.- Retinoids in Nonmammalian Embryos.- Nonvertebrate Chordates.- Protochordates.- Molecular Techniques.- Subtractive Hybridization and Construction of cDNA Libraries.- Differential Display of Eukaryotic mRNA.- Using DNA Microarrays.- Profiling Gene Transcription in the Developing Embryo.- RT-PCR on Embryos Using Degenerate Oligonucleotide Primers.- Single-Cell RT-PCR cDNA Subtraction.- In-Situ Hybridization of Radioactive Riboprobes to RNA in Tissue Sections.- In-Situ Hybridization and Immunohistochemistry in Whole Embryos.- Wholemount In Situ Hybridization to Xenopus Embryos.- Wholemount In Situ Hybridization to Amphioxus Embryos.- In-Situ Hybridization to Sections (Nonradioactive).- Immunohistochemistry Using Polyester Wax.- Immunohistochemistry on Whole Embryos.- Whole Embryo Assays for Programmed Cell Death.- Protein Techniques.- Microscopy and Photography.- Microscopy and Photomicrography Techniques.

Reviews of the first edition: "This book has much to offer biologists interested in the molecular biology of developmental systems in a wide range of vertebrates." - Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal "Universal techniques are well-written, complete, and easy to follow including in situ hybridization, differential display PCR, as well as standard protocols for library construction, Northern and Southern analyses. This would be an excellent addition to any developmental biology laboratory, university department, and especially good for graduate students and post-docs." -Teratology "...this book is a tome, a necessity imposed on it by its breadth, both in terms of model organisms (mouse, chicken, amphibians, zebra fish and prochordates) and methods (surgery, retro-virology, in situ hybridization, molecular biology, immunohistochemistry, microscopy and photography.) The protocols are compact and clearly written, with ever-so-helpful hints (called notes) grouped at the end of each chapter. ...we encourage both teachers and researchers actively involved in experimental embryology to buy this book, put it on the shelf and let your students know it is there." - TINS "Molecular Embryology provides an excellent source for understanding the strengths and weaknesses of the various vertebrate model organisms, and provides a ready source for highly useful protocols...The protocols are thoroughly described and are accompanied by helpful illustrations. Developmental biologists will be pleased to add this book to their collection, and will likely reference it often for its many useful protocols." - The Quarterly Review of Biology "This book is of interest to embryologists, biologists and probably to some neonatologists and geneticists. It describes in detail the experimental use of animal embryos...A well illustrated and referenced text for specialists." - Journal of Endocrine Genetics