Germ cell protocols. / Volume 2, Molecular embryo analysis, live imaging, transgenesis, and cloning

v. 1. Sperm and oocyte analysis -- v. 2. Molecular embryo analysis, live imaging, transgenesis, and cloning. Activity of the germline-specific oct4-GFP transgene in normal and clone mouse embryos / M. Boiani, J. Kehler and H.R. Scholer - - Analysis of germline chromatin silencing by double-stranded RNA-mediated interference (RNAi) in caenorhabditis elegans / M.A. Jedrusik and E. Schulze - - cDNA subtraction and cloning in the field of trophoblast/placental development / M. Hemberger - - PCR-based cloning and differential screening of rnas from xenopus primordial germ cells: Cloning uniquely expressed rnas from rare cells / T. Venkataraman, E. Dancausse and M.L. King - - Differentiating embryonic stem cells into embryoid bodies / G. Hopfl, M. Gassmann and I. Desbaillets - - The derivation of murine embryonic stem and embryonic germ cells by selective ablation / E.J. Gallagher and J. McWhir - - Using multiphoton excitation to explore the murky depths of developing embryos / J.M. Squirrell and J.G. White - - Dual-channel confocal ratioing of calcium dynamics in living eggs and oocytes / S.A. Stricker - - A method for producing cloned pigs by using somatic cells as donors / L. Lai and R.S. Prather - - Pronuclear microinjection of mouse zygotes / T. Rulicke - - Parthenogenesis and nuclear transfer in rabbit oocytes / Y. Tsunoda and Y. Kato - - Nuclear transfer in cattle / G. Brem and M.A. Nowshari - - In vitro fertilization and embryo transfer in felids / C.E. Pope - - Production of chimeric chickens / M. Naito and T. Kuwana - - Production of haploid and diploid androgenetic zebrafish / B.P. Brandhorst and G.E. Corley-Smith - - Construction and detection of fluorescent, germline transgenic zebrafish / E. Linney and A.J. Udvadia - - Production of zebrafish germline chimeras from cultured cells / L. Fan ... [et al.] - - Studying nuclear reprogramming with cell hybrids / S. Pells and J. McWhir - - Cytoplasmic transfer in mammalian eggs and embryos / H.E. Malter - - Conventional technologies for cryopreservation of human oocytes and embryos / M.J. Tucker, S. Shipley and J. Liebermann - - Vitrifying and warming of human oocytes, embryos, and blastocysts: Vitrification procedures as an alternative to conventional cryopreservation / J. Liebermann and M.J. Tucker - - Microfluidic removal of cumulus cells from mammalian zygotes / H.C. Zeringue and D.J. Beebe - - Mammalian embryo culture in a microfluidic device / E.M. Walters ... [et al.] - - Application of alginate gels to the study of mammalian development / R.L. Gardner - - Using tunel in combination with an active caspase-3 immunoassay to identify cells undergoing apoptosis in preimplantation mammalian embryos / S.F. Mullen and J.K. Critser