CSH Protocols, Table of Contents
Volume 3, Issue 10

October 2008

Cover Illustration: Adult female of the American wandering spider Cupiennius salei. The spider has caught a cricket and begun digesting its prey. Cupiennius salei is one of the emerging model organisms in Evo-Devo research. (Image courtesy of Andreas Hartl.) For more information on this organism, see The American Wandering Spider Cupiennius salei (doi:10.1101/pdb.emo103).

Emerging Model Organisms

The Genus Antirrhinum (Snapdragon): A Flowering Plant Model for Evolution and Development
Andrew Hudson, Joanna Critchley, and Yvette Erasmus
CSH Protocols; 2008; doi:10.1101/pdb.emo100
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Planarians: A Versatile and Powerful Model System for Molecular Studies of Regeneration, Adult Stem Cell Regulation, Aging, and Behavior
Néstor J. Oviedo, Cindy L. Nicolas, Dany S. Adams, and Michael Levin
CSH Protocols; 2008; doi:10.1101/pdb.emo101
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Pristionchus pacificus: A Genetic Model System for the Study of Evolutionary Developmental Biology and the Evolution of Complex Life-History Traits
Robbie Rae, Benjamin Schlager, and Ralf J. Sommer
CSH Protocols; 2008; doi:10.1101/pdb.emo102
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The American Wandering Spider Cupiennius salei
Nikola-Michael Prpic, Michael Schoppmeier, and Wim G.M. Damen
CSH Protocols; 2008; doi:10.1101/pdb.emo103
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Opossum (Monodelphis domestica): A Marsupial Development Model
Anna L. Keyte and Kathleen K. Smith
CSH Protocols; 2008; doi:10.1101/pdb.emo104
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Protocols

High-Throughput Cloning of Open Reading Frames (ORFs): Assembling Large Sets of Expression Constructs
Andrew J. Link and Joshua LaBaer
CSH Protocols; 2008; doi:10.1101/pdb.prot5050
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Cultivating Antirrhinum
Andrew Hudson, Joanna Critchley, and Yvette Erasmus
CSH Protocols; 2008; doi:10.1101/pdb.prot5051
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Propagating Antirrhinum
Andrew Hudson, Joanna Critchley, and Yvette Erasmus
CSH Protocols; 2008; doi:10.1101/pdb.prot5052
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Establishing and Maintaining a Colony of Planarians
Néstor J. Oviedo, Cindy L. Nicolas, Dany S. Adams, and Michael Levin
CSH Protocols; 2008; doi:10.1101/pdb.prot5053
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Gene Knockdown in Planarians Using RNA Interference
Néstor J. Oviedo, Cindy L. Nicolas, Dany S. Adams, and Michael Levin
CSH Protocols; 2008; doi:10.1101/pdb.prot5054
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Live Imaging of Planarian Membrane Potential Using DiBAC₄(3)
Néstor J. Oviedo, Cindy L. Nicolas, Dany S. Adams, and Michael Levin
CSH Protocols; 2008; doi:10.1101/pdb.prot5055
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Isolation of Pristionchus Nematodes from Beetles
Robbie Rae, Benjamin Schlager, and Ralf J. Sommer
CSH Protocols; 2008; doi:10.1101/pdb.prot5063
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Assessment of the Olfactory Response to Chemicals or Bacteria in Pristionchus Nematodes
Robbie Rae, Benjamin Schlager, and Ralf J. Sommer
CSH Protocols; 2008; doi:10.1101/pdb.prot5064
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Isolation of RNA and DNA from Biofilm Samples Obtained by Laser Capture Microdissection Microscopy
Ailyn C. Pérez-Osorio and Michael J. Franklin
CSH Protocols; 2008; doi:10.1101/pdb.prot5065
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qRT-PCR of Microbial Biofilms
Ailyn C. Pérez-Osorio and Michael J. Franklin
CSH Protocols; 2008; doi:10.1101/pdb.prot5066
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Collection and Fixation of Spider Embryos
Nikola-Michael Prpic, Michael Schoppmeier, and Wim G.M. Damen
CSH Protocols; 2008; doi:10.1101/pdb.prot5067
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Whole-Mount In Situ Hybridization of Spider Embryos
Nikola-Michael Prpic, Michael Schoppmeier, and Wim G.M. Damen
CSH Protocols; 2008; doi:10.1101/pdb.prot5068
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Detection of Cell Death in Spider Embryos using TUNEL
Nikola-Michael Prpic, Michael Schoppmeier, and Wim G.M. Damen
CSH Protocols; 2008; doi:10.1101/pdb.prot5069
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Gene Silencing via Embryonic RNAi in Spider Embryos
Nikola-Michael Prpic, Michael Schoppmeier, and Wim G.M. Damen
CSH Protocols; 2008; doi:10.1101/pdb.prot5070
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Detection of Cell Proliferation in Spider Embryos Using BrdU Labeling
Nikola-Michael Prpic, Michael Schoppmeier, and Wim G.M. Damen
CSH Protocols; 2008; doi:10.1101/pdb.prot5071
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Dissecting Spider Embryos for Light Microscopy
Nikola-Michael Prpic, Michael Schoppmeier, and Wim G.M. Damen
CSH Protocols; 2008; doi:10.1101/pdb.prot5072
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Basic Maintenance and Breeding of the Opossum Monodelphis domestica
Anna L. Keyte and Kathleen K. Smith
CSH Protocols; 2008; doi:10.1101/pdb.prot5073
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Harvesting Monodelphis Embryos
Anna L. Keyte and Kathleen K. Smith
CSH Protocols; 2008; doi:10.1101/pdb.prot5074
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Monodelphis Whole-Embryo Culture
Anna L. Keyte and Kathleen K. Smith
CSH Protocols; 2008; doi:10.1101/pdb.prot5075
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Whole-Mount In Situ Hybridization in Monodelphis Embryos
Anna L. Keyte and Kathleen K. Smith
CSH Protocols; 2008; doi:10.1101/pdb.prot5076
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