Time-Lapse Images of Wound Recovery in a Fruit Fly Embryo (IMAGE)

University of Toronto

Time-Lapse Images of Wound Recovery in a Fruit Fly Embryo

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Time-lapse images show the process of wound closure in the fruit fly embryonic epidermis. The process of endocytosis removes the junctions between wounded and non-wounded cells, allowing the non-wounded cells to move and stretch over the wounded area to close the wound.

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Miranda Hunter/University of Toronto

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