Embryo's First Division (VIDEO)

University of California - San Diego

Caption

An embryo of a roundworm (C. elegans) is shown undergoing its first division. The embryo expresses fluorescent probes that mark the chromosomes in magenta and the microtubules--the filaments that separate the chromosomes--in gray.

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Desai Lab, UC San Diego

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