Section Through a Developing Mouse Embryonic Arm and Hand (IMAGE)

Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Section Through a Developing Mouse Embryonic Arm and Hand

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The reconstructed 20X image above (from 54 adjacent photos) represents a section through a developing mouse embryonic arm and hand. All cells are stained in magenta superimposed with a green signal in the cells expressing the mRNA of Hoxd13 gene, one of the five architect gene participating in the formation of the fingers.

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Pierre Fabre and Jessica Dessimoz, EPFL

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