The Zebrafish: Biology (Methods in Cell Biology, Volume 59)

H. William Detrich, III; Monte Westerfield; Leonard I. Zon

ISBN 10: 0125441614 / ISBN 13: 9780125441612

Published by Academic Press, USA, 1999

About this Item

0125441614. Grey cloth hardcover, with red blocking and bright gold lettering on the spine and front board, from closed pharmaceutical company library. Index, illustrated with colour plates, charts, tables and diagrams. The first in a two-volume, comprehensive treatment of the methodologies used in researching the Zebrafish, an emerging vertebrate model system. Includes discussions on development, genetic methodologies, and model applications. Contents appears unread, clean, tight and bright.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Zebrafish: Biology (Methods in Cell Biology, Volume 59)
• Publisher: Academic Press, USA
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0125441614
• ISBN 13: 9780125441612
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Book Type: Book

About this title

Synopsis

This is the first in a two-volume, comprehensive treatment of the methodologies used in researching the Zebrafish, an emerging vertebrate model system. The text includes discussions on development, genetic methodologies, and model applications.

Key Features
* Details state-of-the-art zebrafish protocols in a single-source reference
* Presents methods and reagents in user-friendly format
* Delineates critical steps and pitfalls of he procedures
* Illustrates techniques with full-color plates
* Summarizes many new and interesting developmental mutants
* Includes appendices with strain information and a compendium of zebrafish World Wide Web sites
* Relevant to clinicians interested in vertebrate models of human congenital diseases

About the Author

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.