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Fetal macrophages

Table of Contents: “…Contents: The history of studying of macrophages -- The benefits of the various model organisms for studying macrophages; zebrafish, mice, drosophila and C. elegans -- The primary function of embryonic macrophages is to clear away apoptotic cell debris.…”
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Biodemography

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Biodemography of lifespan: concepts, lifespan and sociality, and human lifespan evolution -- Population biology of the elderly: role of elderly in nature & emphasis on social species -- Experimental biodemography of aging: studies in model organisms.…”
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Deciphering neurodegeneration models and methods /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Deciphering Neurodegeneration: Models and Methods -- The challenge of neurodegeneration -- Huge diversity in cell types -- Nature versus nurture -- Reductionism versus systems biology -- Cellular models -- Yeast -- Primary cells -- Cell lines -- Stem cells -- Model organisms -- Caenorhabditis elegans -- Drosophila melanogaster -- Zebrafish -- Danio rerio -- Rodents -- Molecular biology approaches -- Knock out and knock in -- Genomic editing -- RNAi -- Overexpression -- Gene expression -- rtPCR -- Microarrays -- RNAseq -- Protein analysis -- Immunoblot -- ELISA -- Mass spec and proteomics -- Microscopy -- Immunocytochemistry -- Live cell imaging -- Electrophysiology.…”
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