PUBLICATION

Identification of oocyte progenitor cells in the zebrafish ovary

Authors
Draper, B.W.
ID
ZDB-PUB-120830-6
Date
2012
Source
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)   916: 157-165 (Chapter)
Registered Authors
Draper, Bruce
Keywords
none
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Female
  • Fluorescent Antibody Technique/methods*
  • Oocytes/cytology*
  • Ovary/cytology*
  • Staining and Labeling
  • Stem Cells/cytology*
  • Stem Cells/metabolism*
  • Zebrafish*
PubMed
22914939 Full text @ Meth. Mol. Biol.
Abstract

Zebrafish breed year round and females are capable of producing thousands of eggs during their lifetime. This amazing fecundity is due to the fact that the adult ovary, contains premeiotic oocyte progenitor cells, called oogonia, which produce a continuous supply of new oocytes throughout adult life. Oocyte progenitor cells can be easily identified based on their expression of Vasa, and their characteristic nuclear morphology. Thus, the zebrafish ovary provides a unique and powerful system to study the genetic regulation of oocyte production in a vertebrate animal. A method is presented here for identifying oocyte progenitor cells in the zebrafish ovary using whole-mount confocal immunofluorescence that is simple and accurate.

Genes / Markers
Figures
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Antibodies
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping