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ArticleDevelopmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists2017

Quantifying three-dimensional morphology and RNA from individual embryos.

Rebecca M Green, Courtney L Leach, Natasha Hoehn, Ralph S Marcucio, Benedikt Hallgrímsson

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Article in Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Nonlinear gene expression-phenotype relationships contribute to variation and clefting in the A/WySn mouse.Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists · 2019
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Rebecca M GreenDepartment of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-7319-0755
Courtney L LeachDepartment of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Natasha HoehnDepartment of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Ralph S MarcucioZuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, Orthopaedic Trauma Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
Benedikt HallgrímssonDepartment of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
University of Calgary · CASan Francisco General Hospital · US

Funding

The role of continuous phenotypic variation in structural defects of the faceR01DE019638 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Benedikt Hallgrimsson, Ralph S Marcucio · 2010 to 2026
$7.3M
Developmental mechanisms underlying genotype-phenotype correlationsR01DE021708 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI HALLGRIMSSON, BENEDIKT, MARCUCIO, RALPH S · 2011 to 2015
$1.9M
NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE019638NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE021708
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Quantitative analysis of morphogenesis aids our understanding of developmental processes by providing a method to link changes in shape with cellular and molecular processes. Over the last decade, many methods have been developed for 3D imaging of embryos using microCT scanning to quantify the shape of embryos during development. These methods generally involve a powerful, cross-linking fixative such as paraformaldehyde to limit shrinkage during the CT scan. However, the extended time frames that these embryos are incubated in such fixatives prevent use of the tissues for molecular analysis after microCT scanning. This is a significant problem because it limits the ability to correlate variation in molecular data with morphology at the level of individual embryos. Here we outline a novel method that allows RNA, DNA, or protein isolation following CT scan while also allowing imaging of different tissue layers within the developing embryo. We show shape differences early in craniofacial development (E11.5) between common mouse genetic backgrounds, and demonstrate that we are able to generate RNA from these embryos after CT scanning that is suitable for downstream real time PCR (RT-PCR) and RNAseq analyses. Developmental Dynamics 246:431-436, 2017. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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Embryonic DevelopmentAnimalsEmbryo, MammalianImaging, Three-DimensionalMethodsMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred C57BLMorphogenesisReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionRNASequence AnalysisX-Ray MicrotomographyRNAiodinemicroCTPaxGeneRNA genotype-phenotype relationship

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PMCPMC5395416
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