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Chapters
- 00:11Introduction
- 00:55Important Tools
- 01:37Embryo dissection
- 04:13Embedding
- 09:15Sectioning and mounting
- 12:58Examples of results obtained
Plastic sections maintain true tissue morphology in thin sections of tissue that can be immunostained with fluorescent secondary antibodies, making this method more useful than paraffin-embedded or frozen sections for many types of tissue. The method for staining, plastic embedding, and sectioning is demonstrated in this video.
