Zebrafish: Topics in Reproduction, Toxicology and Development

$240.00

Charles A. Lessman, PhD (Editor)
Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA

Ethan A. Carver, PhD (Editor)
Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN, USA

Series: Fish, Fishing and Fisheries
BISAC: SCI070010

 

This informative new volume on the reproduction and development of zebrafish provides a timely and fundamental set of chapters presenting new data and critical reviews to the novice student and veteran researcher alike. It covers two major areas of zebrafish biology, reproduction and development, with toxicology emphasized in a number of chapters. Historically, reproductive biology of zebrafish has not been given the attention afforded to the more intensively studied aspects of embryonic development in this model species.

In part, this may be due to fewer tools available to zebrafish reproductive biologists. However, with the advent of transparent juvenile and adult lines, new areas of reproduction research become visible both figuratively and literally. Overall, these chapters discuss procedures, assays, and different mechanisms that environmental toxicants use to influence development and behavior. Collectively, this book provides an overview of reproductive pathways, basic development, and toxicological screening focused on using zebrafish as a premier model organism for these processes. (Imprint: Nova)

 

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Part 1: Reproduction

Chapter 1. Age Determination of Gonad Maturation and Puberty Onset in the Transparent casper Zebrafish Juvenile
Kathryn D. Jones and Charles A. Lessman (Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA)

Chapter 2. Ovarian Follicle Dynamics Assessed In Vivo by Intraperitoneal (I.P.) Trypan Blue Uptake during Vitellogenin Endocytosis in Adult Female Zebrafish (Danio rerio)
Gayathri Kaushik and Charles A. Lessman (Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA)

Chapter 3. The Protein Phosphatase Inhibitor, Okadaic Acid, Elicits Several Components of Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Oocyte Maturation In Vitro
Charles A. Lessman (Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA)

Chapter 4. Get it Together: How RNA-Binding Proteins Assemble and Regulate Germ Plasm in the Oocyte and Embryo
Odelya Hartung and Florence L. Marlow (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology, Bronx, NY, USA)
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Chapter 5. Zebrafish As a Model for Reproductive Biology and Environmental Screening
Toshinobu Tokumoto (Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, Japan)

Chapter 6. Fecundity and Spawning Periodicity in Wild-Type Zebrafish Mated Pairs: A Long-Term, Longitudinal Study
Charles A. Lessman (Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA)

Part 2: Development

Chapter 7. Localization of the Sodium-Potassium-Chloride Cotransporter (Slc12a2) during Zebrafish Embryogenesis and Myogenesis and a Screen for Additional Antibodies to Study Zebrafish Myogenesis
Ian Dew, Linda M. Sircy, Lauren Milleville, Michael R. Taylor, Charles A. Lessman and Ethan A. Carver (Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN, USA)
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Chapter 8. The Zebrafish Dead elvis (del) Mutant Encodes Titina
Ethan A. Carver, Lauren Milleville, Nominanda I. Barbosa, Michael R. Taylor and Charles A. Lessman (Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN, USA)
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Chapter 9. Renal System Development in the Zebrafish: A Basic Nephrogenesis Model
Christina N. Cheng and Rebecca A. Wingert (Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA)
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Chapter 10. The Use of Whole Mount In Situ Hybridization Screening to Understand the Developmental Toxicology of Environmental Pollutants in Zebrafish Embryos
William K.F. Tse ( Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong)

Chapter 11. Using Zebrafish to Define Mechanisms of Lead (Pb) Developmental Neurotoxicity
Sara E. Wirbisky and Jennifer L. Freeman (School of Health Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA)

Chapter 12. The Embryonic Zebrafish as a Model System to Study the Effects of Environmental Toxicants on Behavior
Holly Richendrfer, Robbert Creton and Ruth M. Colwill (Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, and Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA)
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Chapter 13. Acute Toxicity and Study of – Biomarker of Effects‖ in Zebrafish Embryos and Larvae Exposed to Selected Pesticides: A Step towards Refined Risk Assessment of Chemical Agents
Wing Shan Chow and King Ming Chan (Environmental Science Program, School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, Chinese University, Sha Tin, N.T., Hong Kong)

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