Common <em>C. elegans</em> Plasticizer Disrupts Egg Production (IMAGE)

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Common <em>C. elegans</em> Plasticizer Disrupts Egg Production

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High-resolution images show excess DNA double-strand breaks formed in DEHP-exposed nuclei destined to become egg cells. Mid-pachytene nuclei (chromosomes in blue) in germlines dissected from control (DMSO) and DEHP-exposed worms. Sites where DNA double-strand breaks have occurred are marked in magenta (RAD-51 antibody). Scale bar, 3 μm.

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This image was created by Luciann Cuenca, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School.

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