The house mouse : atlas of embryonic development /

With the advent of transgenic technology, which allows the identification of specific gene activities in developing mammalian organisms, the house mouse has once again taken a very important place in experimental research as one of the genetically best understood mammals. More than ever, molecular b...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Theiler, Karl
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer-Verlag, [1989]
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents: Introduction
  • Materials and Methods
  • Procedure
  • One-Celled Egg (1-20 Hours)
  • Beginning of Segmentation (20-24 Hours)
  • Segmenting Egg (2 Days)
  • Advanced Segmentation (3 Days)
  • Blastocyst (4 Days)
  • Implantation (4 1/2 Days)
  • Formation of Egg Cylinder (5 Days)
  • Differentation of Egg Cylinder (6 Days)
  • Advanced Endometrial Reaction (6 1/2 Days)
  • Amnion (7 Days)
  • Neural Plate Presomite Stage (7 1/2 Days)
  • First Somites (8 Days)
  • Turning of the Embryo (8 1/2 Days)
  • Formation and Closure of Anterior Neuropore (9 Days)
  • Formation of Posterior Neuropore, Forelimb Bud (9 1/2 Days)
  • Closure of Posterior Neuropore, Hind Limb Bud and Tail Bud (10 Days)
  • Deep Lens Indentation (10 1/2 Days)
  • Closure of Lens Vesicle (11 Days)
  • Lens Vesicle Completely Separated from Surface (11 1/2 Days)
  • Earliest Sign of Fingers (12 Days)
  • Anterior Footplate Indented, Marked Pinna (13 Days)
  • Fingers Separate Distally (14 Days)
  • Toes Separate (15 Days)
  • Reposition of Umbical Hernia (16 Days)
  • Fingers and Toes Joined Together (17 Days)
  • Long Wiskers (18 Days)
  • Newborn Mouse (19 Days)
  • Postnatal Development
  • Weight Curves
  • Selected References
  • Subject Index.