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A method for high-throughput PCR-based genotyping of larval zebrafish tail biopsies
Robert N Wilkinson1, Stone Elworthy2, Philip W Ingham2
1Department of Cardiovascular Science, University of Sheffield, Medical School, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
Biotechniques
|December 19, 2013
Abstract:
Here we describe a method for high-throughput genotyping of live larval zebrafish as early as 72 h post-fertilization (hpf). Importantly, this technique allows rapid and cost-effective PCR-based genotyping from very small fin biopsies, which regenerate as the embryo develops, thereby allowing researchers to select embryos with desired genotypes to be raised to adulthood.

