pt. 1. Genetic and culture methods. Basic culture methods / James A. Lewis, John T. Fleming -- Mutagenesis / Philip Anderson -- Reverse genetics : from gene sequence to mutant worm / Ronald H.A. Plasterk -- Genetic mapping with polymorphic sequence-tagged sites / Benjamin D. Williams -- Genetic dissection of developmental pathways / Linda S. Huang, Paul W. Sternberg -- Mosaic analysis / Robert K. Herman -- Genetic balancers / Mark L. Edgley [and others] -- pt 2. Neurobiology. Genetic pharmacology : interactions between drugs and gene products in Caenorhabditis elegans / James B. Rand, Carl D. Johnson -- Methods of studying behavioral plasticity in Caenorhabditis elegans / Timothy N. Gannon, Catharine H. Rankin -- Laser killing of cells in Caenorhabditis elegans / Cornelia I. Bargmann, Leon Avery -- Electrophysiological methods / Leon Avery, David Raizen, Shawn Lockery -- pt. 3. Cell biology and molecular biology. Cell biology of nematode sperm / Steven W. L'Hernault, Thomas M. Roberts -- Blastomere culture and analysis / Lois G. Edgar -- Whole-mount in situ hybridization for the detection of RNA in Caenorhabditis elegans embryos / Geraldine Seydoux, Andrew Fire -- Fluorescence in situ hybridization for the detection of DNA and RNA / Donna G. Albertson, Rita M. Fishpool, Philip S. Birchall -- Immunofluorescence microscopy / David M. Miller, Diane C. Shakes -- Electron microscopy and three-dimensional image reconstruction / David H. Hall.

Proteins and protein assemblies / Henry F. Epstein, Feizhou Liu -- DNA transformation / Craig Mello, Andrew Fire -- Transcription and translation ; Techniques for analyzing transcription and translation / Michael Krause -- pt. 4. Genomics and informatics. The physical map of the Caenorhabditis elegans genome / Alan Coulson [and others] -- Genomic DNA sequencing methods / Anthony Favello, LaDeana Hillier, Richard K. Wilson -- Large-scale complementary DNA sequencing methods / Lucinda L. Fulton, LaDeana Hillier, Richard K. Wilson -- ACeDB and Macace / Frank H. Eeckman, Richard Durbin -- The Worm Community System, release 2.0 (WCSr2) / Laura M. Shoman [and others] -- Appendix A. Additional information and resources -- Appendix B. Caenorhabditis Genetics Center, laboratory designations -- Appendix C. Gene names and descriptions.