2. Basic Techniques in Drosophila Ovary Preparation
Letitia Thompson, Kristen Randolph, and Amanda Norvell
3. Mosaic Analysis in the DrosophilaMelanogaster Ovary
Thomas Rubin and Jean-René Huynh
4. Genetic Mosaic Analysis of Stem Cell Lineages in the Drosophila Ovary
Kaitlin M. Laws and Daniela Drummond-Barbosa
5. Culturing Drosophila Egg Chambers and Investigating Developmental Processes through Live Imaging
Lathiena Manning and Michelle Starz-Gaiano
6. Border Cell Migration: A Model System for Live Imaging and Genetic Analysis of Collective Cell Movement
Mohit Prasad, Xiaobo Wang, Li He, Danfeng Cai, and Denise J. Montell
7. Visualizing Microtubule Networks during Drosophila Oogenesis using Fixed and Live Imaging
Kevin Legent, Nicolas Tissot, and Antoine Guichet
8. Visualization of Actin Cytoskeletal Dynamics in Fixed and Live Drosophila Egg Chambers
Christopher M. Groen and Tina L. Tootle
9. Single Molecule RNA in situ Hybridization (smFISH) and Immunofluorescence (IF) in the Drosophila Egg Chamber
Livia V. Bayer,
Mona Batish, Stephen K. Formel, and Diana P. Bratu
10. Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization of Nuclear Bodies in Drosophila melanogaster Ovaries
Zehra F. Nizami, Ji-Long Liu, and Joseph G. Gall
11. Ultrastructural Analysis of Drosophila Ovaries by Electron Microscopy
Thomas R. Hurd, Carlos G. Sanchez, Felipe K. Teixeira, Chris Petzold, Kristen Dancel-Manning, Ju-Yu S. Wang, Ruth Lehmann, and Feng-Xia A. Liang
12. Immuno-Electron Microscopy and Electron Microscopic in situ Hybridization for Visualizing piRNA Biogenesis Bodies in Drosophila Ovaries
Shinsuke Shibata, Yukiko Murota, Yoshinori Nishimoto, Mana Yoshimura, Toshihiro Nagai , Hideyuki Okano , and Mikiko C. Siomi
13. Visualizing Cytoophidia Expression in Drosophila Follicle Cells via Immunohistochemistry
Ömür Y. Tastan and Ji-Long Liu
14. Detection of Cell Death and Phagocytosis in the Drosophila Ovary
Tracy L. Meehan, Alla Yalonetskaya, Tony F. Joudi, and Kimberly McCall
15. Analysis of Cell Cycle Switches in Drosophila Oogenesis
Dongyu Jia,Yi-Chun Huang, and Wu-Min Deng
16. Global Run-On Sequencing (GRO-seq) Library Preparation from Drosophila
Ovaries
Nikolay V. Rozhkov
17. Bioinformatics Analysis to Identify RNA-protein Interactions in Oogenesis
Ravinder Singh
This volume provides current up-to-date protocols for preparing the ovary for various imaging techniques, genetic protocols for generating mutant clones, mosaic analysis and assessing cell death. Chapters address methods for performing genome wide gene expression analysis and bioinformatics for studies of RNA-protein interactions. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series format, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls.
Authoritative and cutting-edge, Drosophila Oogenesis: Methods and Protocols aims to ensure successful results in the further study of this vital field.