Digital Fruit Fly Embryo, Reconstructed From Live Imaging Data Recorded With A Simview Light-sheet M (IMAGE)

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Digital Fruit Fly Embryo, Reconstructed From Live Imaging Data Recorded With A Simview Light-sheet M

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This is digital fruit fly embryo, reconstructed from live imaging data recorded with a SiMView light-sheet microscope (top: dorsal view, bottom: ventral view). Each colored circle in the image shows one of the embryo's cells, and the corresponding tail indicates that cell's movement over a short time interval during early embryogenesis (at around 3 hours post-fertilization). The information on cell positions and movements throughout the embryo was reconstructed using a computational framework for automated cell tracking. Color encodes the developmental origin of each cell in the early embryo.

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Kristin Branson, Fernando Amat, Bill Lemon and Philipp Keller (HHMI/Janelia Research Campus)

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