Growing Oocyte (or Egg) Captured by Confocal Microscopy (IMAGE)
Caption
The image shows a growing oocyte in the middle, which is very large with a bright green rim, surrounded by many small red follicle cells whose nuclei are stained blue. The thin bright-green hair-like structures between them are the feeding tubes, which grow out from the follicle cells when they receive signals from the oocyte. This image was captured by using confocal microscopy at the Molecular Imaging Platform of the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada.
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Dr. Qin Yang, Research Associate, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
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