Wednesday, October 15, 2008

First 24 Hours of an Embryo's Cells

A zebrafish, from 64 cells into 20,000 cells (explained here):



With a newly developed microscope that uses a sheet of light to scan a living organism from many different dimensions, scientists were able to track the complex cellular organization of a zebrafish embryo as it grows from a single cell to 20,000 cells.


Hat Tip: American Papist

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