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MBL Embryology
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Additional Author(s): Naveen Wijesena and Chema Martín-Durán

Published on SDB CoRe: Sep 28 2012

Organisms: Model Organisms; Invertebrates
Tools & Techniques: Microscopy
Early Embryogenesis: Blastula
Morphogenic Movements: Gastrulation
Morphogenesis: Cell Movements; Cell Shape Changes
The Germline: Germline/Soma Divide
Organism: Drosophila
Stage of Development: Embryo

Object Description

Movie of Drosophila melanogaster embryogenesis spanning stage 5 to stage 10/11.  Lateral view with anterior to the left, ventral down.  Live imaging using DIC optics.  At the start of the movie, the embryo is making the transition from a syncytial blastoderm to a cellular blastoderm as cell membranes form and pull down between nuclei at the surface.  The pole cells (primordial germ cells) are visible at the posterior end.  Gastrulation then begins with mesoderm cells internalizing through the ventral and cephalic furrows.  The embryo then undergoes germband extension.  By the end of the movie, segemental grooves are visible in the ectoderm, and the foregut and hindgut have invaginated.

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