Essential zebrafish methods : genetics and genomics

✍ Scribed by H William Detrich; Monte Westerfield; Leonard I Zon

• Publisher: Elsevier/Academic Press
• Year: 2009
• Leaves: 399
• Series: Reliable lab solutions
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Due to its prolific reproduction and the external development of the transparent embryo, the zebrafish is the prime model for genetic and developmental studies, as well as research in genomics. Part of the "Reliable Lab Solutions" series dealing with zebrafish, this title brings together a collection of time-tested methods.

Content: Front Cover; Essential ZebrafishMethods: Genetics andGenomics; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1: Haploid Screens and Gamma-Ray Mutagenesis; Chapter 2: Positional Cloning of Mutated Zebrafish Genes; Chapter 3: The Zebrafish Genome; Chapter 4: Retroviral-Mediated Insertional Mutagenesis in Zebrafish; Chapter 5: Genetic Screens for Maternal-Effect Mutations; Chapter 6: Behavioral Screening Assays in Zebrafish; Chapter 7: TILLING the Zebrafish Genome: A Reverse Genetics Approach
Abstract: Due to its prolific reproduction and the external development of the transparent embryo, the zebrafish is the prime model for genetic and developmental studies, as well as research in genomics. Part of the "Reliable Lab Solutions" series dealing with zebrafish, this title brings together a collection of time-tested methods