<em>C. elegans</em> Embryos (IMAGE)

University of California - Santa Cruz

<em>C. elegans</em> Embryos

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In these C. elegans embryos, only chromosomes inherited from the egg are stained green. All chromosomes are stained red for DNA. By distinguishing between egg- and sperm-inherited chromosomes, researchers were able to track the effects of epigenetic marks carried by the sperm chromosomes.

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K. Kaneshiro

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