Comparison of common fruit fly (Drosophila) and midge (Chironomus) embryos (IMAGE)

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Comparison of common fruit fly (Drosophila) and midge (Chironomus) embryos

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The cephalic furrow is a linear bend in the tissue that can be seen in the side view (yellow asterisks, upper left) or in the cross-section view (yellow arrows, upper right) in a common fruit fly (Drosophila) embryo. In contrast, the midge (Chironomus) embryo does not form the cephalic furrow (lower left), and instead, the cells in the head divide ‘out-of-plane’, allowing the tissue to become double layered (lower right, pink arrows).

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