Growing and Embedding Fern Gametophytes for Autoradiographic Studies |
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Authors: | David Cohen William J. Crotty Robert F. Lewis |
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Affiliation: | a Departments of Biology, Long Island University, Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn, NYb New York University, Washington Square College, New York, NY |
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Abstract: | Fern gametophytes were grown in liquid medium on the surface of plastic tissue culture flasks (Falcon Plastics) where they remained attached through radioactive precursor incorporation, fixation in buffered 3% glutaraldehyde, postfixation in buffered 2% OsO4, alcoholic dehydration, and infiltration with an epoxy resin. Detachment of these plants from the plastic surface occurred only at the final step of infiltration with pure, unpolymerized resin. After detachment, the prothalli were kept in the resin to complete infiltration and then embedded. Sections 1-2 μm thick were cut, floated on a drop of glass-distilled water on clean slides and dried at 70 C. Kodak NTB-2 liquid emulsion was applied to the mounted sections and the emulsion-coated slides stored and developed according to established methods. The resulting autoradiographs showed excellent visualization of reduced silver grains, low background levels, and good preservation of cell structure. |
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