PUBLICATION

Experimental Manipulation of Ploidy in Zebrafish Embryos and Its Application in Genetic Screens

Authors
Menon, T., Nair, S.
ID
ZDB-PUB-190210-3
Date
2019
Source
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)   1920: 111-128 (Chapter)
Registered Authors
Nair, Sreelaja
Keywords
Genetic screen, Gynogenesis, Haploid, Heat shock, Mutagenesis, Ploidy, Tetraploid, Zebrafish
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Diploidy
  • Embryo Culture Techniques
  • Embryo, Nonmammalian
  • Embryonic Development/genetics*
  • Female
  • Fertilization in Vitro
  • Genetic Association Studies
  • Genetic Engineering*/methods
  • Genetic Testing*
  • Haploidy
  • In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
  • Male
  • Mutation
  • Ploidies*
  • Polyploidy
  • Quantitative Trait, Heritable
  • Spermatozoa/metabolism
  • Spermatozoa/radiation effects
  • Zebrafish/genetics*
PubMed
30737689 Full text @ Meth. Mol. Biol.
Abstract
Metazoan animals are typically diploid, possessing two sets of a chromosome in the somatic cells of an organism. In naturally diploid species, alteration from the endogenous diploid state is usually embryonic lethal. However, the ability to experimentally manipulate ploidy of animal embryos has fundamental as well as applied biology advantages. In this chapter we describe experimental procedures to convert normally diploid zebrafish embryos into haploid or tetraploid states. We also describe methodologies to verify the ploidy of embryos and the utility of ploidy manipulation in expediting the isolation of mutations using both forward and reverse genetic strategies in zebrafish.
Genes / Markers
Figures
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Antibodies
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping