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University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM)

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Live cleavage stage mouse embryo (2 to 3 days after collection) is with chromosomes and the plasma membrane labeled by fluorescent fusion proteins.

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Photo credit: Image from the study "Micronucleus formation causes perpetual unilateral chromosome inheritance in mouse embryos", published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) on January 4, 2016, by Cayetana Vázquez-Diez and al. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1517628112

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