title: Fast green staining of whole embryos for examination and photography.
abstract: Immersion for 15 seconds in a 1:1 solution of 0.25% fast green and 95% ethyl alcohol facilitates the examination of normal and abnormal embryos for gross surface morphology and renders their surface detail highly photogenic. The method does not interfere with subsequent histological staining when the embryos are sectioned.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006224:Cricetinae; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D010781:Photography; D013194:Staining and Labeling / Q000379:methods*