Nature Communications (Dec 2019)

Multi-scale imaging and analysis identify pan-embryo cell dynamics of germlayer formation in zebrafish

  • Gopi Shah,
  • Konstantin Thierbach,
  • Benjamin Schmid,
  • Johannes Waschke,
  • Anna Reade,
  • Mario Hlawitschka,
  • Ingo Roeder,
  • Nico Scherf,
  • Jan Huisken

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13625-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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The precise cell dynamics of early development have not yet been visualized. Here, the authors use custom 4-lens light sheet microscopy to image and analyze the dynamics of all three fluorescently labeled germlayers, yielding a comprehensive, pan-embryo description of early zebrafish gastrulation.