Ciona intestinalis early embryonic development


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2007-06-04 09:56:12

St09-4.2hpf

76 cell stage (4.2 hours). Divisions become asymmetric in the vegetal hemisphere. The embryo flattens on its vegetal side, in preparation for gastrulation. Vegetal cells are very tall and columnar.

The number of cell-lineages are drawn on each blastomere. Scale bar = 50 micro m.