Live imaging and segmentation of a mouse embryo (VIDEO)

Hubrecht Institute

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Live imaging of an early mouse embryo expressing fluorescent markers for cell membranes (magenta) and DNA (cyan). The right side shows a digitized version of the same embryos at the 8-cell stage. This representation allows to quantitatively investigate the dynamics of cell's shape, positions and relationships. Time is expressed in hours post imaging.

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Dimitri Fabrèges. Copyright Hubrecht Institute

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