An Embryo of the Sea Squirt <i>Ciona</i> (IMAGE)

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An Embryo of the Sea Squirt <i>Ciona</i>

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This is an image of an embryo of the sea squirt Ciona. The nuclei of the 40 notochord cells are highlighted in red by a Brachyury antibody generated in the Di Gregorio lab. The contours of a few notochord cells are defined by green fluorescent protein. All other visible nuclei are colored in blue.

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Image Credits: Janice H. Imai and Anna Di Gregorio

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