Germ cell protocols /

Veterinary embryology techniques.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Schatten, Heide
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, [2004-]
Series:Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) ; v. 253.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) ; v. 254.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • v. 1. Sperm and oocyte analysis
  • Cryopreservation of semen of the salmonidae with special reference to large-scale fertilization
  • Fertilization and sperm chemotaxis in ascidians
  • Assays for vertebrate sperm chemotaxis
  • Stallion spermatozoa viability : comparison of flow cytometry with other methods
  • Visualization of sperm accessory structures in the mammalian spermatids, spermatozoa, and zygotes by immunofluorescence, confocal, and immunoelectron microscopy
  • Localization of zona pellucida receptors on live sperm by fluorophore-conjugated solubilized zone pellucida proteins
  • Detection of human papillomavirus DNA in sperm using polymerase chain reaction
  • Spermatogonial stem cells
  • Molecular and cellular approaches for establishment of an in vitro spermatogenesis system
  • Acrosin activity assay for the evaluation of mammalian sperm acrosome reaction
  • Isolation of sea urchin sperm plasma membranes
  • Detection of centrosome structure in fertilized and artificially activated sea urchin eggs using immunofluorescence microscopy and isolation of centrosomes followed by structural characterization with field emission scanning electron microscopy
  • Microscopic techniques for studying sperm-oocyte interaction during fertilization and early embryo development
  • Immunocytochemical staining of the metaphase II spindle in mammalian oocytes
  • Spindle imaging in living mammalian oocytes using the liquid-crystal polarized light microscope and its practical use
  • In vitro maturation and fertilization of pig oocytes
  • In vitro maturation and fertilization of human oocytes
  • In vitro maturation and fertilization of canine oocytes
  • Detection and measurement of membrane-bound protein tyrosine kinases in the zebrafish egg
  • A single-cell method for estimation of protein tyrosine kinases in the zebrafish egg
  • Activity of MAPK/p90rsk during fertilization in mice, rats, and pigs
  • v. 2. Molecular embryo analysis, live imaging, transgenesis, and cloning
  • Activity of the germline-specific Oct4-GFP transgene in normal and clone mouse embryos
  • Analysis of germline chromatin silencing by double-stranded RNA-mediated interference (RNAi) in Caenorhabditis elegans
  • cDNA subtraction and cloning in the field of trophoblast/placental development
  • PCR-based cloning and differential screening of RNAs from xenopus primordial germ cells : cloning uniquely expressed RNAs from rare cells
  • Differentiating embryonic stem cells into embryoid bodies
  • The derivation of murine embryonic stem and embryonic germ cells by selective ablation
  • Using multiphoton excitation to explore the murky depths of developing embryos
  • Dual-channel confocal rationing of calcium dynamics in living eggs and oocytes
  • A method for producing cloned pigs by using somatic cells as donors
  • Pronuclear microinjection of mouse zygotes
  • Parthenogenesis and nuclear transfer in rabbit oocytes
  • Nuclear transfer in cattle
  • In vitro fertilization and embryo transfer in felids
  • Production of chimeric chickens
  • Production of haploid and diploid androgenetic zebrafish
  • Construction and detection of flourescent, germline transgenic zebrafish
  • Production of zebrafish germline chimeras from cultured cells
  • Studying nuclear reprogramming with cell hybrids
  • Cytoplastic transfer in mammalian eggs and embryos
  • Conventional technologies for cryopreservation of human oocytes and embryos
  • Vitrifying and warming of human oocytes, embryos, and blastocysts : vitrification procedures as an alternative to conventional cryopreservation
  • Microfluidic removal of cumulus cells from mammalian zygotes
  • Mammalian embryo culture in a microfluidic device
  • Application of alginate gels to the study of mammalian development
  • Using TUNEL in combination with an active caspase-3 immunoassay to identify cells undergoing apoptosis in preimplantation mammalian embryos