Development Goes Haywire after Compound Problems Emerge (IMAGE)

Princeton University, Engineering School

Development Goes Haywire after Compound Problems Emerge

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Images from a scanning electron microscope show the midline of the mutant fly (below) go sideways at morphogensis, just as the embryo begins to take shape. Compare that to the normal development at the same stage (above). Once this defect occurs, the embryo cannot develop further.

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Images courtesy Stanislav Y. Shvartsman

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