Collecting, rearing, spawning and inducing regeneration of the starlet sea anemone, Nematostella vectensis

Nature Protocols

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 916-923

  Stefanik, Derek J ^a   Friedman, Lauren E ^a   Finnerty, John R ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MALE; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REARING; REGENERATION; SALINITY; SPAWNING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ANIMALS; LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOPERIOD; REGENERATION; REPRODUCTION; SEA ANEMONES; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE;

ACTINIARIA; ANIMALIA; NEMATOSTELLA; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS;

EID: 84877055610     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2013.044     Document Type: Article

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