Fruit Fly Embryo in 3D (VIDEO)
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EMBL scientists and colleagues have developed an automated method to create mutations in genomic regions called enhancers, which regulate the activity of genes. This enables the scientists to watch evolution unfold before their eyes. This 3D video of a fruit fly embryo was taken using a confocal microscope imaging pipeline, which the Crocker group and the Advanced Light Microscopy Facility at EMBL Heidelberg developed. Green marks cells that will produce hairs, while magenta marks the pattern that is controlled by a specific enhancer sequence the group studied.
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