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Assessing Species-specific Contributions To Craniofacial Development Using Quail-duck Chimeras
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2014
This article describes a method to generate chimeric embryos that are designed to test the species-specific contributions of neural crest and/or other tissues to craniofacial development.
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Isolation of Embryonic Tissues and Formation of Quail-Chicken Chimeric Organs Using The Thymus Example
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2019
This article provides a method to isolate pure embryonic tissues from quail and chicken embryos that can be combined to form ex vivo chimeric organs.
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CAPRRESI: Chimera Assembly by Plasmid Recovery and Restriction Enzyme Site Insertion
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2017
Here, we present chimera assembly by plasmid recovery and restriction enzyme site insertion (CAPRRESI), a protocol based on the insertion of restriction enzyme sites into synonym DNA sequences and functional plasmid recovery. This protocol is a fast and low-cost method for fusing protein-coding genes.
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Generation of Lymph Node-fat Pad Chimeras for the Study of Lymph Node Stromal Cell Origin
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2013
Generation of lymph node/fat pad chimeras for the study of lymph node stromal cell origin is described. The method involves the isolation of lymph nodes from newborn mice and embryonic fat pads, the generation of chimeric lymph node-fat pads, and their transfer under the kidney capsule of a host mouse.
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Dechorionation of Medaka Embryos and Cell Transplantation for the Generation of Chimeras
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2010
Due to the hard chorion and soft embryos, manipulation of medaka embryos is more involved than in zebrafish. This video shows step-by-step procedures for how to manipulate medaka embryos, including dechorionation, mounting in agarose for imaging and cell transplantation for the production of chimeras. These procedures are essential to use medaka and zebrafish in a laboratory to take full advantage of their complementary features for the genetic dissection of vertebrate genome functions.
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Distinctive quail nuclear markers allow researchers to identify donor-derived cells after transplantation into a chicken embryo. By locating these markers at later developmental stages, investigators can follow where donor cells migrate, which tissues they enter, and whether their descendants contribute to developing organs. This connects an embryonic cell population with its eventual tissue distribution.
The chicken embryo supplies a living developmental environment in which donor cells encounter surrounding embryonic tissues. This setting allows researchers to examine migration, differentiation, cell fate, and tissue interactions as development proceeds. Observing cells in that context helps distinguish their contribution to organ formation from their initial location in the graft.
A defined developmental stage establishes the embryonic context in which quail cells are introduced. At that point, donor populations can be assessed in relation to ongoing migration, differentiation, and tissue formation. Using a specified stage helps researchers interpret how cell origin relates to later descendants and developing structures within the embryo.
Tracking quail-derived neural crest cells shows how an embryonic population moves through the developing embryo and changes its developmental identity. Researchers can then determine which developing organs receive descendants of those cells. This makes the chimera useful for connecting neural crest migration with differentiation and organ contribution rather than examining either process in isolation.
Researchers first select a chicken embryo at a defined developmental stage, then graft quail tissue or cells into it. The embryo continues developing in its living embryonic environment, after which distinctive quail nuclear markers identify donor cells and their descendants. Mapping those cells reveals their migration, differentiation, and contributions to developing tissues.
Descendant mapping links the original location of donor tissue with the later distribution of its cells. It can show where an embryonic population migrates, which structures it enters, and how it contributes to tissue formation. These observations provide evidence about cell fate and patterning while also revealing interactions between donor cells and surrounding embryonic tissues.
This model gives developmental biologists a way to connect cell origin with tissue formation in a living embryo. It supports investigations of cell fate, patterning, migration, differentiation, and interactions between embryonic tissues. Its particular value comes from combining a distinguishable donor population with an intact embryonic setting where descendants can be followed during organ development.