Zebrafish Lateral Line Migration: Painting by Age (VIDEO)

European Molecular Biology Laboratory

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A color-changing tag shows changes in a 'detector' molecule's age depending on how much 'guidance' molecule cells encounter. Darren Gilmour and colleagues discovered that these zebrafish embryo cells keep moving forward by 'sucking up' the guidance molecule behind them.

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