Science Education - Basic Biology
Biology II: Mouse, Zebrafish, and Chick
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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]
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]
Zebrafish (Danio rerio) are small freshwater fish that are used as model organisms for biomedical research. The many strengths of these fish include their ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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], 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 ...

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 ...