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Windowing Chicken Eggs for Developmental Studies
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Biology
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JoVE Journal Biology
Windowing Chicken Eggs for Developmental Studies
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15:01 min

October 01, 2007

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Chapters

  • 00:01Title and Introduction
  • 00:31Egg Preparation
  • 05:32Extracting the Albumin from the Egg
  • 08:23Windowing the Egg
  • 12:30Closing the Window
  • 14:50Conclusion

Summary

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The ease of accessibility of the embryo has allowed for experiments to map cell fates using several approaches, including chick quail chimeras and focal dye labeling. In this article we demonstrate one egg preparation method that has been optimized for long survival times.

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