Molecular embryo analysis, live imaging, transgenesis, and cloning

Author(s)

• Schatten, Heide

Bibliographic Information

Molecular embryo analysis, live imaging, transgenesis, and cloning

edited by Heide Schatten

（Methods in molecular biology / John M. Walker, series editor, v. 254 . Germ cell protocols ; Vol.2）

Humana Press, c2004

Note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The study of germ cells has undergone enormous advances in recent years and has entered into an explosive phase of new discoveries with the introd- tion of transgenic technologies and nuclear cloning. Basic knowledge and te- niques developed for lower vertebrate and invertebrate systems have facilitated the study of higher vertebrates, including humans. Many experiments that have first been performed on lower vertebrates provided the tools and strategies that could later be applied to other less readily available mammalian systems. The discovery of centrosomes in ascidians and sea urchin eggs now benefits st- ies of fertility and infertility in mammals including humans. External in vitro fertilization, now a common technique in assisted fertilization has only been possible as a result of numerous studies in lower systems in which external fertilization is natural. Egg activation, first explored in sea urchin and asc- ian eggs, now benefits cloning efficiency in farm and domestic animals. Gene manipulations and molecular methods have added to the possibilities of p- ducing live offspring with enormous biomedical, ecological, and economic implications. All sexually reproducing organisms produce primordial germ cells, a small population of cells that differentiate into gametes of either sex that carry to- potency, an ability to develop into an entire new organism. The two volumes on germ cells combine techniques in a variety of different systems and have selected those systems that have provided landmarks in advancing our kno- edge on germ cells.

Table of Contents

Activity of the Germline-Specific Oct4-GFP Transgene in Normal and Clone Mouse Embryos Michele Boiani, James Kehler, and Hans R. Schoeler Analysis of Germline Chromatin Silencing by Double-Stranded RNA-Mediated Interference (RNAi) in Caenorhabditis elegans Monika A. Jedrusik and Ekkehard Schulze cDNA Subtraction and Cloning in the Field of Trophoblast/Placental Development Myriam Hemberger PCR-Based Cloning and Differential Screening of RNAs from Xenopus Primordial Germ Cells: Cloning Uniquely Expressed RNAs from Rare Cells Thiagarajan Venkataraman, Elio Dancausse, and Mary Lou King Differentiating Embryonic Stem Cells into Embryoid Bodies Gisele Hoepfl, Max Gassmann, and Isabelle Desbaillets The Derivation of Murine Embryonic Stem and Embryonic Germ Cells by Selective Ablation Edward J. Gallagher and Jim McWhir Using Multiphoton Excitation to Explore the Murky Depths of Developing Embryos Jayne M. Squirrell and John G. White Dual-Channel Confocal Ratioing of Calcium Dynamics in Living Eggs and Oocytes Stephen A. Stricker A Method for Producing Cloned Pigs by Using Somatic Cells as Donors Liangxue Lai and Randall S. Prather Pronuclear Microinjection of Mouse Zygotes Thomas Rulicke Parthenogenesis and Nuclear Transfer in Rabbit Oocytes Yukio Tsunoda and Yoko Kato Nuclear Transfer in Cattle Gottfried Brem and Manzoor A. Nowshari In Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer in Felids Charles Earle Pope Production of Chimeric Chickens Mitsuru Naito and Takashi Kuwana Production of Haploid and Diploid Androgenetic Zebrafish Bruce P. Brandhorst and Graham E. Corley-Smith Construction and Detection of Fluorescent, Germline Transgenic Zebrafish Elwood Linney and Ava J. Udvadia Production of Zebrafish Germline Chimeras fromCultured Cells Lianchun Fan, Annette Alestrom, Peter Alestrom, and Paul Collodi Studying Nuclear Reprogramming with Cell Hybrids Steve Pells and Jim McWhir Cytoplasmic Transfer in Mammalian Eggs and Embryos Henry E. Malter Conventional Technologies for Cryopreservation of Human Oocytes and Embryos Michael J. Tucker, Sharon Shipley, and Juergen Liebermann Vitrifying and Warming of Human Oocytes, Embryos, and Blastocysts: Vitrification Procedures as an Alternative to Conventional Cryopreservation Juergen Liebermann, and Michael J. Tucker Microfluidic Removal of Cumulus Cells from Mammalian Zygotes Henry C. Zeringue and David J. Beebe Mammalian Embryo Culture in a Microfluidic Device Eric M. Walters, Sherrie G. Clark, David J. Beebe, and Matthew B. Wheeler Application of Alginate Gels to the Study of Mammalian Development Richard L. Gardner Using TUNEL in Combination with an Active Caspase-3 Immunoassay to Identify Cells Undergoing Apoptosis in Preimplantation Mammalian Embryos Steven F. Mullen and John K. Critser Index

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Details

• NCID: BA68164885
• ISBN:
  • 1588292576
• LCCN: 2003023511
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Totowa, N.J.
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 418 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : SF767.5
  • DC22 : 636.089/264
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Veterinary embryology -- Research -- Technique
  • LCSH : Germ cells -- Research -- Technique
  • MESH : Cytological Techniques
  • MESH : Germ Cells
  • MESH : Genetic Techniques
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA10794673