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Microtechnique is an aggregate of methods used to prepare micro-objects for studying. It is currently being employed in many fields in life science. Two well-known branches of microtechnique are botanical (plant) microtechnique and zoological (animal) microtechnique. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: MicrotechniqueA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Plant Microtechnique with Resin: Towards Plant HistolomicsInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Methods in plant histologyThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: PLANT MICROTECHNIQUE: SOME PRINCIPLES AND NEW METHODSCited 2,278 times
- Go sideways: HistologyA closely related topic
- Go sideways: MicrotomeA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun The art of preparing objects for examination under a microscope.
Noun Any small-scale technique.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
PLANT MICROTECHNIQUE: SOME PRINCIPLES AND NEW METHODS
Application of a Microtechnique to Viral Serological Investigations
Improved Microtechnique for the Leptospiral Microscopic Agglutination Test
Botanical Microtechnique and Cytochemistry.
Microtechnique for Culturing Leukocytes from Whole Blood
A Slide Microtechnique for the Analysis of Immune Precipitates in Gel
Micropolyamide thin-layer chromatography of phenylthiohydantoin amino acids (PTH) at subnanomolar level. A rapid microtechnique for simultaneous multisample identification after automated Edman degradations
Microtechnique for Most-Probable-Number Analysis
🆕 Influential since 2022
📚 Books worth reading
Methods in plant histologyCharles Joseph Chamberlain · 1901
Animal micrologyMichael F. Guyer · 1906- 📕Grundzüge der mikroskopischen Technik für Zoologen und AnatomenArthur Bolles Lee · 1898
Handbook of basic microtechniqueGray, Peter · 1952- 📕Capillary electrophoresis and microchip capillary electrophoresisCarlos D. García, Karin Y. Chumbimuni-Torres · 2013
A History of MicrotechniqueBrian Bracegirdle · 1978
The encyclopedia of microscopy and microtechniqueGray, Peter · 1973
Botanical microtechniqueJohn E. Sass · 1951
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🔗 Related topics
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- Histopathology Histopathology (compound of three Greek words: ἱστός histos 'tissue', πάθος pathos 'suffering', and -λογία -logia 'study of') is the microscopic examination…
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