Close-up timelapse of chromosome segregation in an early fish embryo (VIDEO)

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University

Caption

Slowed down and zoomed-in footage of the mechanisms for copying, aligning, and segregating chromosomes (magenta) into two daughter cells in an gene-edited medaka embryo. The microtubules making up the mitotic spindle are shown in green.

Credit

Ai Kiyomitsu, Cell Division Dynamics Unit at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST).

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