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Jeffrey,
I section both embryos and adult fish embedded in paraffin. I would be
happy to share my embedding protocol with you, please let me know. I have
not had vast experience yet with whole mount in situs, my experience
yielded me chewed up over digested skeletons, and not much else. I will be
revisiting this procedure in the near future, and any pearls of advice
would be greatly appreciated.
Also we are in the pilot phase of a study in which we will need to isolate
adult zebra fish tissues for RNA isolation, is there anyone who is doing
this that I might be able to chat with?
Cheers!

Mary Georger
Cardiovascular Research Institute
University of Rochester Medical Center
KMRBX 2-11301
575 Elmwood Avenue
Rochester, NY 14642
585-273-1548

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protocol and use the same sectioning methods for all the embryos, many
times there are problems with some of them. My most common problem is
that the embryos will often crumble and crack. I have tried isolating
the problem, but I can't seem to figure it out. Does anyone use
and could I see your protocol? Do plastic or cryogenic sectioning work
better for whole-mount in situ zebrafish? Or am I better off performing
in situ hybridization after sectioning? Any advice is appreciated.

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