Timelapse of chromosome segregation in an early fish embryo (VIDEO)

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University

Caption

Timelapse of a gene-edited medaka fish embryo undergoing mitosis. The mitotic spindle – the green strands in the middle of the cells – can be seen aligning and segregating duplicated chromosomes, shown in magenta.

Credit

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

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