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Chapters
- 00:05Title
- 01:58Part 1: Ventral Laparotomy
- 05:23Ventral Midline Incision
- 07:46Part 2: Transuterine Microinjection
- 08:32Common Embryo Orientations Observed by Transillumination of the Uterus
- 10:19Embryo Reorientation for Otocyst Injections
- 13:48Transuterine Microinjection
- 16:31Part 3: In vivo Electroporation
- 17:37Postnatal Selection of a Pup whose Otocyst was Injected at E12.5
- 19:47Prophylactic Analgesia
- 20:18Surgical Subject the Morning after Surgery
- 20:55Part 4: Representative Results
The mouse inner ear is a placode-derived sensory organ whose developmental program is elaborated during gestation. We define an in utero gene transfer technique consisting of three steps: mouse ventral laparotomy, transuterine microinjection, and in vivo electroporation. We use digital video microscopy to demonstrate the critical experimental embryological techniques.
Tags
Gene TransferDeveloping Mouse Inner EarIn Vivo ElectroporationSensory EpitheliaCristaeMaculaeOrgan Of CortiVestibular Hair CellsAuditory Hair CellsCell Fate SpecificationMorphogenesisGestationTransgenic EmbryosMolecular BasisGain-of-function StudiesLoss-of-function StudiesGene Misexpression StudiesVentral LaparotomyTransuterine Microinjection
