Manipulating The Mouse Embryo

Download or read book Manipulating the Mouse Embryo written by Andras Nagy and published by Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. : Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides background information and detailed protocols for developing a mouse colony and using the animals in transgenic and gene-targeting experiments. The protocols list the animals, equipment, and reagents required and step-by-step procedures. Topics include in vitro culture of preimplantation embryos, surgical procedures, the production of chimeras, and the analysis of genome alterations. The third edition adds protocols for cloning mice, modifying embryonic stem cells, intracytoplasmic sperm injection, and cryopreservation of embryos.