Little Fish, Big Questions: A Collection of Modern Techniques for Mexican Tetra Research

Misty R Riddle; Clifford J Tabin

doi:10.3791/60592

Little Fish, Big Questions: A Collection of Modern Techniques for Mexican Tetra Research

J Vis Exp. 2020 Feb 24:(156):10.3791/60592. doi: 10.3791/60592.

Authors

Misty R Riddle¹, Clifford J Tabin²

Affiliations

¹ Genetics Department, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School.
² Genetics Department, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School; tabin@genetics.med.harvard.edu.

PMID: 32092048
PMCID: PMC7373155
DOI: 10.3791/60592

Abstract

Stahl, B. A. et al. Manipulation of Gene Function in Mexican Cavefish. Journal of Visualized Experiments. (146) (2019).

Peuß, R. et al. Gamete Collection and In Vitro Fertilization of Astyanax mexicanus. Journal of Visualized Experiments. (147) (2019).

Worsham, M. et al. Behavioral Tracking and Neuromast Imaging of Mexican Cavefish. Journal of Visualized Experiments. (147) (2019).

Jaggard, J.B., Lloyd, E., Lopatto, A., Duboue, E.R., Keene, A.C. Automated Measurements of Sleep and Locomotor Activity in Mexican Cavefish. Journal of Visualized Experiments. (145) (2019).

Luc, H., Sears, C., Raczka, A., Gross, J.B. Wholemount In Situ Hybridization for Astyanax Embryos. Journal of Visualized Experiments. (145) (2019).

Riddle, M., Martineau, B., Peavey, M., Tabin, C. Raising the Mexican Tetra Astyanax mexicanus for Analysis of Post-larval Phenotypes and Whole-mount Immunohistochemistry. Journal of Visualized Experiments. (142) (2018).

Publication types

Editorial
Introductory Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Animal Husbandry*
Animals
Characidae / physiology*
Genetic Techniques*

Grants and funding

F32 DK108495/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States