A laboratory guide to the mammalian embryo /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Gardner, David K., Lane, Michelle, Watson, Andrew J. (Andrew John), 1959-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford, New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Follicle development in vitro
  • Preparation of gametes, in vitro maturation, in vitro fertilization, and embryo recovery and transfer
  • Culture of the mammalian preimplantation embryo
  • Assessment of preimplantation embryo development and viability
  • Micromanipulation : biopsy
  • Analysis of intracellular ions in embryos : pH and calcium
  • Assesment of nutrient uptake, metabolite production, and enzyme activity
  • Metabolic pathway activity
  • Confocal imaging of structural molecules in mammalian gametes
  • Flourescent in situ hybridisation for detection of aneuploidy in single human blastomeres for preimplantation genetic diagnosis
  • Assesment of ploidy, telomere length, and telomerase activity in oocytes and embryos
  • Microscale RNA isolation from mammalian embryos
  • Relative mRNA transcript abundance in early embryos by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction
  • Characterization of novel genes during early development by application of differential display RT-PCR
  • Two-dimensional protein gel database analysis of embryos, oocytes, and oocyte-associated granulosa cells
  • Antisense disruption of gene expression in the preimplantation embryo
  • Gene subtraction and analysis
  • Analysis of apoptosis in the preimplantation embryo
  • Cytoplasmic signaling and cell control in the mouse egg and embryo
  • Human embryonic stem cells
  • Spermatogonial transplantation
  • Somatic cell nuclear transfer
  • Cryobiology : slow freezing vitrification embryos