Interactive Map of the Developing Human Embryo (1 of 4) (IMAGE)

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Interactive Map of the Developing Human Embryo (1 of 4)

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3-D reconstructions of human embryos at (from left to right) 6, 8 and 9.5 pregnancy weeks are shown. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Nov. 25, 2016 issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by B.S. de Bakker at Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and colleagues was titled, "An interactive three-dimensional digital atlas and quantitative database of human development."

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Bernadette de Bakker, MD of the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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