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Science Education - Basic Biology

Biology II: Mouse, Zebrafish, and Chick

An Introduction to the Laboratory Mouse: ,[object Object]09:12

An Introduction to the Laboratory Mouse: ,[object Object]

Mice (Mus musculus) are an important research tool for modeling human disease progression and development in the lab. Despite differences in their size ...

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An Introduction to the Chick: ,[object Object]07:26

An Introduction to the Chick: ,[object Object]

The chicken embryo (Gallus gallus domesticus) is an extremely valuable model organism for research in developmental biology, in part because most of their ...

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An Introduction to the Zebrafish: ,[object Object]08:31

An Introduction to the Zebrafish: ,[object Object]

Zebrafish (Danio rerio) are small freshwater fish that are used as model organisms for biomedical research. The many strengths of these fish include their ...

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Basic Mouse Care and Maintenance08:29

Basic Mouse Care and Maintenance

Mice (Mus musculus) are small rodents that breed and sexually mature quickly, making them perfectly suited to generating large animal colonies for ...

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Basic Chick Care and Maintenance06:42

Basic Chick Care and Maintenance

Chicks (Gallus gallus domesticus) are a valuable research tool, not only for studying important concepts in vertebrate development, neuroscience, and ...

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Zebrafish Maintenance and Husbandry07:58

Zebrafish Maintenance and Husbandry

The zebrafish (Danio rerio) is a powerful vertebrate model system for studying development, modeling disease, and screening for novel therapeutics. Due to ...

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Development and Reproduction of the Laboratory Mouse09:04

Development and Reproduction of the Laboratory Mouse

Successful breeding of the laboratory mouse (Mus musculus) is critical to the establishment and maintenance of a productive animal colony. Additionally, ...

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Development of the Chick07:24

Development of the Chick

The chicken embryo (Gallus gallus domesticus) provides an economical and accessible model for developmental biology research. Chicks develop rapidly and ...

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Zebrafish Reproduction and Development08:07

Zebrafish Reproduction and Development

The zebrafish (Danio rerio) has become a popular model for studying genetics and developmental biology. The transparency of these animals at early ...

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Mouse Genotyping08:27

Mouse Genotyping

Even though the human genome was mapped over 10 years ago, scientists are still far from understanding the function of every human gene! One way to ...

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[object Object], Electroporation of Chicken Embryos06:57

[object Object], Electroporation of Chicken Embryos

Electroporation is a technique used in biomedical research that allows for the manipulation of gene expression via the delivery of foreign genetic ...

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Zebrafish Breeding and Embryo Handling07:48

Zebrafish Breeding and Embryo Handling

Zebrafish (Danio rerio) are an important model organism that is particularly valuable for research in developmental biology. Zebrafish are extremely ...

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Introducing Experimental Agents into the Mouse07:40

Introducing Experimental Agents into the Mouse

Many investigations performed in mice (Mus musculus) require the administration of an experimental agent to the animal. For example, it may be of interest ...

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Chick ,[object Object], Culture06:48

Chick ,[object Object], Culture

One strength of the chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) as a model organism for developmental biology is that the embryo develops outside the female and is ...

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Zebrafish Microinjection Techniques08:12

Zebrafish Microinjection Techniques

One of the major advantages to working with zebrafish (Danio rerio) is that their genetics can be easily manipulated by microinjection of early stage ...

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