Manipulation of Mammalian Development
Manipulation of Mammalian Development

Author: Ralph B.L. Gwatkin

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-11-11

Total Pages: 397

ISBN-13: 1461321433

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Developmental biology has been transformed recently by discoveries in the fields of molecular biology, cell biology, and immunology. New ways of manip ulating mammalian development are uncovering control mechanisms and ena bling us to apply them in solving practical problems in animal production and human health. This book outlines some of these new manipulations and how they have contributed to the present state of developmental biology. Chapter 1 describes gene transfer by micro injection of cloned recombinant DNA into zygotes. Although the factors that affect transformation frequencies and integration sites are still unknown, such techniques offer a number of exciting prospects. Research models for human disease coula be artificially created and desirable characteristics in agricultural animals could be - hanced. . The theme of cell-to-cell transfer is continued in Chapters 2 and 3. Chapter 2 describes pronuclear transplantation by Sendai virus-induced fusion of the karyoplast with the enucleated embryo. Using this procedure, it has been dem onstrated that both male and female genomes are essential for normal develop ment, although the reason for this is not yet understood. Chapter 3 describes studies on the fusion of whole oocytes. .

The Molecular Biology of Cell Determination and Cell Differentiation
The Molecular Biology of Cell Determination and Cell Differentiation

Author: Leon W. Browder

Publisher: Springer

Published: 1988-05-31

Total Pages: 460

ISBN-13: 9780306427350

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This series was established to create comprehensive treatises on specific topics in developmental biology. Such volumes serve a useful role in developmental biology, which is a very diverse field that receives contributions from a wide variety of disciplines. This series is a meeting ground for the various practi tioners of this science, facilitating an integration of heterogeneous information on specific topics. Each volume is comprised of chapters selected to provide the conceptual basis for a comprehensive understanding of its topic as well as an analysis of the key experiments upon which that understanding is based. The specialist in any aspect of developmental biology should understand the experimental back ground of the specialty and be able to place that body of information in context, in order to ascertain where additional research would be fruitful. The creative process then generates new experiments. This series is intended to be a vital link in that ongoing process of learning and discovery.

Safety of Genetically Engineered Foods
Safety of Genetically Engineered Foods

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2004-07-08

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 0309166152

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Assists policymakers in evaluating the appropriate scientific methods for detecting unintended changes in food and assessing the potential for adverse health effects from genetically modified products. In this book, the committee recommended that greater scrutiny should be given to foods containing new compounds or unusual amounts of naturally occurring substances, regardless of the method used to create them. The book offers a framework to guide federal agencies in selecting the route of safety assessment. It identifies and recommends several pre- and post-market approaches to guide the assessment of unintended compositional changes that could result from genetically modified foods and research avenues to fill the knowledge gaps.

Mammalian Development
Mammalian Development

Author: Patrick P. L. Tam

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781936113248

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"A subject collection from Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology."

Manipulating the Mouse Embryo
Manipulating the Mouse Embryo

Author: Richard Behringer

Publisher:

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781936113019

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Enthält: Genetics and embryology of the mouse: past, present, and future. Summary of mouse development. A mouse colony for the production of transgenic and chimeric animals. Recovery and in vitro culture of preimplantation embryos. Isolation, culture, and manipulation of postimplantation embryos. Surgical procedures. Production of transgenic mice by pronuclear microinjection. Embryo-derived stem cell lines. Germ line-competent stem cells derived from adult mice. Vector designs for pluripotent stem cell-based transgenesis and genome alterations. Introduction of foreign DNA into embryonic stem cells. Production of chimeras. Genotyping. Parthenogenesis, pronuclear transfer, and mouse cloning. Assisted reproduction: ovary transplantation, in vitro fertilization, artificial insemination, and intracytoplasmic sperm injection. Cryopreservation, rederivation, and transport of mouse strains. Techniques for visualizing gene products, cells, tissues, and organ systems. Setting up a micromanipulation lab.

Scientific Frontiers in Developmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment
Scientific Frontiers in Developmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2000-12-21

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 0309070864

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Scientific Frontiers in Developmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment reviews advances made during the last 10-15 years in fields such as developmental biology, molecular biology, and genetics. It describes a novel approach for how these advances might be used in combination with existing methodologies to further the understanding of mechanisms of developmental toxicity, to improve the assessment of chemicals for their ability to cause developmental toxicity, and to improve risk assessment for developmental defects. For example, based on the recent advances, even the smallest, simplest laboratory animals such as the fruit fly, roundworm, and zebrafish might be able to serve as developmental toxicological models for human biological systems. Use of such organisms might allow for rapid and inexpensive testing of large numbers of chemicals for their potential to cause developmental toxicity; presently, there are little or no developmental toxicity data available for the majority of natural and manufactured chemicals in use. This new approach to developmental toxicology and risk assessment will require simultaneous research on several fronts by experts from multiple scientific disciplines, including developmental toxicologists, developmental biologists, geneticists, epidemiologists, and biostatisticians.