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(Source:  D. Frost and D. Sepich [from Zebrafish Book 5th Edition

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1.   Rinse embryos in sterile, calcium-free Ringer's solution, 15 minutes.\\ 2.   Transfer the embryos to a dish containing Custom ATV solution (Irvine Scientific) or 0.25% trypsin, 1 mM EDTA, pH 8.0 in sterile PBS.  Incubate at 28.5°C and monitor the dissociation with a microscope.  Intermittently triturate with a sterile, narrow-bore Pasteur pipette and continue until you see mostly single cells.\\ 3.   Add CaCl{~}2~ to 1-2 mM and fetal calf serum to 5-10% to stop the reaction.  \\ 4.   Centrifuge at 100-300 x g for 3 minutes.\\ 5.   Discard the supernatant and resuspend the cells in L-15 (Sigma) supplemented with 0.3 mg/ml glutamine, 50 U/ml penicillin, 0.05 mg/ml streptomycin, and 0.8 mM CaCl{~}2~.\\ 6.   Repeat step 4 and resuspend in supplemented L-15 (as in step 5) with 10% embryo extract and 3% fetal calf serum to make a final concentration of 15 embryos per ml.\\ 7.   Plate cells on plastic or coated glass and incubate at 28.5°C without additional atmospheric CO{~}2~.\\