Microsurgery on Protozoa Using Cactus Spines
Leland G. Johnson and Franklin G. Johnson
Tested Studies in Laboratory Teaching, 1991, Volume 12
Abstract
Gary Schoenwolf has published a method for preparation of cactus-spine microsurgical needles for use in surgical manipulation of chick and frog embryos (Schoenwolf and Watterson, 1989, Laboratory Studies of Chick, Pig, and Frog Embryos, Macmillan). Here we describe an application of cactus-spine needles in the teaching laboratory for study of cell reorganization and regeneration of the giant protozoan, Spirostomum, following microsurgical bisection.
Keywords: cell reorganization, cell regeneration
Southwest Missouri State University (1990)