New models made accessible for the masses
Emerging Model Organisms is a laboratory manual that will help scientists expand their work to new and relevant genetic or physiologic systems. This new book presents profiles and protocols for a wide variety of model organisms that are anything but ordinary. Each of the 23 chapters in Volume 1 focuses on a particular organism or group of related organisms, and begins with discussion of the organisms’ background, utility in research, distribution sources and husbandry information. Key protocols on maintaining and working with the organism are provided. These detailed instructions allow the reader to have quick access to the essential information that is necessary for using these unique models. Additional resources include information on related species, genomic resources and Internet databases.
The first volume includes chapters on animals ranging from comb jellies (Ctenophora) and planarians, to Japanese quail and opossum (Monodelphis domestica). Chapters on plants, such as the moss Physcomitrella patens and the tomato Solanum lycopersicum are included as well. Organisms planned for inclusion in Volume 2 include Aplysia, ants, squid and rabbit.
The chapters in this book are also being published in instalments in the journal Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. CSH Protocols is only available by institutional subscription, but several articles that are featured in this series of Emerging Model Organisms are freely available online each month. More information can be found at: www.cshprotocols.org/emo
