Protocol

In Situ Hybridization of Starlet Sea Anemone (Nematostella vectensis) Embryos, Larvae, and Polyps

  1. Ulrich Technau1
  1. Department for Molecular Evolution and Development, Center for Organismal Systems Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, 1090 Wien, Austria
  1. 1Corresponding author (ulrich.technau{at}univie.ac.at).

INTRODUCTION

Whole-mount in situ hybridization is used to reveal the spatiotemporal expression pattern of a gene in tissue samples without sectioning the tissue. This protocol describes procedures for fixing starlet sea anemone (Nematostella vectensis) embryos, larvae, and polyps, hybridizing with a digoxigenin (DIG)-labeled RNA probe, and detecting the bound probe.

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