Timelapse of chromosome segregation in a larger fish embryo (VIDEO)

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University

Caption

Timelapse of a gene-edited medaka fish embryo undergoing mitosis. This slightly later stage footage shows how the cells rapidly duplicate, align, and segregate the chromosomes (magenta) using the mitotic spindle (green), which is composed of microtubules.

Credit

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

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