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Analysis of mRNA Expression During Preimplantation Development

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Developmental Biology Protocols: Volume II

Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology™ ((MIMB,volume 136))

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Preimplantation-stage mammalian embryos are very simple morphologically, being composed of mostly round cells that exhibit only a limited range of changes in cell shape, namely those associated with compaction and formation of the trophectoderm cell lineage. This morphological simplicity, however, belies a much greater complexity of events that occur at the molecular level. Throughout preimplantation development

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  1. The Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology and Department of Biochemistry, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

    Keith E. Latham & Elena De La Casa

  2. Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

    Richard M. Schultz

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  1. Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

    Rocky S. Tuan

  2. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

    Cecilia W. Lo

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Latham, K.E., De La Casa, E., Schultz, R.M. (2000). Analysis of mRNA Expression During Preimplantation Development. In: Tuan, R.S., Lo, C.W. (eds) Developmental Biology Protocols: Volume II. Methods in Molecular Biology™, vol 136. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1385/1-59259-065-9:315

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