This second edition provides a comprehensive laboratory manual on skeletal development and skeletal repair research utilizing mouse models. Chapters provide methods and protocols on the most current and cutting-edge techniques in skeletal development and repair, histological, cellular, and molecular techniques. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series format, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls.