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The Zebrafish: Cellular and Developmental Biology

  • 2nd Edition, Volume 76 - November 17, 2004
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: H. William Detrich III, Leonard I. Zon, Monte Westerfield, Leonard Zon
  • Language: English

This volume of Methods in Cell Biology, the first of two parts on the subject of zebrafish, provides a comprehensive compendia of laboratory protocols and reviews covering all th… Read more

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Description

This volume of Methods in Cell Biology, the first of two parts on the subject of zebrafish, provides a comprehensive compendia of laboratory protocols and reviews covering all the new methods developed since 1999. This first volume provides state-of-the-art descriptions of novel cellular imaging technologies and methods for culture of zebrafish stem cells, summarizes protocols for analyzingthe development of major organ systems including the central nervous system (CNS), and introduces the use of the zebrafish as a model system for human diseases.

Key features

  • Details state-of-the art zebrafish protocols, delineating critical steps in the procedures as well as potential pitfalls
  • Illustrates many techiques in full-color
  • Summarizes the Zebrafish Genome Project

Readership

Developmental biologists, neurobiologists, and cell biologists.

Product details

  • Edition: 2
  • Latest edition
  • Volume: 76
  • Published: November 17, 2004
  • Language: English

About the editors

HD

H. William Detrich III

Professor of Biochemistry and Marine Biology at Northeastern University, promoted 1996. Joined Northeastern faculty in 1987. Previously a faculty member in Dept. of Biochemistry at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, 1983-1987.Principal Investigator in the U.S. Antarctic Program since 1984. Twelve field seasons "on the ice" since 1981. Research conducted at Palmer Station, Antarctica, and McMurdo Station, Antarctica.Research areas: Biochemical, cellular, and physiological adaptation to low and high temperatures. Structure and function of cytoplasmic microtubules and microtubule-dependent motors from cold-adapted Antarctic fishes. Regulation of tubulin and globin gene expression in zebrafish and Antarctic fishes. Role of microtubules in morphogenesis of the zebrafish embryo. Developmental hemapoiesis in zebrafish and Antarctic fishes. UV-induced DNA damage and repair in Antarctic marine organisms.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Biochemistry and Marine Biology at Northeastern University

LZ

Leonard I. Zon

Affiliations and expertise
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

MW

Monte Westerfield

Professor, Department of Biology, Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Biology, Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA

LZ

Leonard Zon

Grousbeck Professor of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital / HHMI, Boston, MA, USA
Affiliations and expertise
Boston Children's Hospital / HHMI, Boston, MA, USA

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