An ex-ovo chicken embryo culture system suitable for imaging and microsurgery applications

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 44, 2010, Pages

  Yalcin, Huseyin C ^a,b   Shekhar, Akshay ^a   Rane, Ajinkya A ^a   Butcher, Jonathan T ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b DOGUS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chicken embryo; Developmental Biology; Developmental biology; Ex ovo culture; Imaging; Issue 44; Ligation; Microinjection; Microsurgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055117428     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2154     Document Type: Article

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