Movies: Animations illustrating Xenopus development
Xenopus laevis
Stages | Movie | Author | Content |
NF Stage 4 to NF Stage 8 | (1M) | Bernhard Strauss and Nancy Papalopulu | Xenopus laevis early cleavage stages |
NF Stage 9 to NF Stage 23 | (1.2M) | Huw Williams and James Smith | Xenopus laevis gastrula through neurula stages |
NF Stage 13 to NF Stage 28 | (1.2M) | Enrique Amaya | Xenopus laevis embryo from the neurula stage through to hatching |
Single Cell to Blastula | (1.1M) | Huw Williams and James Smith | Cleavage from one cell to blastula stage embryo. |
Single Cell to Gastrula | (3.2M) | Huw Williams and James Smith | Synchronous development of Xenopus laevis embryos during early embryogenesis. Gastrulation follows the synchronous cleavage stages, and migrating involuted mesoderm can be seen underlying the prospective ectoderm cells. |
Gastrulation | (484K) | Mike Danilchik | A morph of confocal optical sections illustrating the internal movements during gastrulation. |
Gastrulation | (212K) | Ray Keller, digitized by Jeff Hardin | A dorsal surface view of gastrulating embryo. |
Gastrulation through Neurulation and Tailbud | (1.1M) | Huw Williams and James Smith | Time lapse dorsal view. |
Xenopus tropicalis
Stages | Movie | Author | Content |
Gastrulation | (93K) | Enrique Amaya | Color vegetal view of blastopore closure. |
NF Stage 12.5 to NF Stage 25 | (363K) | Enrique Amaya | Group of Xenopus tropicalis embryos from the neurula to early tailbud stages |
NF Stage 25 to NF Stage 43 | (1M) | Enrique Amaya | Time lapse movie of head and face morphogenesis in Xenopus tropicalis |
Neurulation and Elongation | (111K) | Enrique Amaya | Color dorsal view of neural tube closure and tailbud elongation. |
0 - 49 sec: Stage 43 tadpole; 49-59 sec: Ventral view of head and heart region of Stage 47 tadpole | (1.6M) | Enrique Amaya | Live movie of Stage 43 and Stage 47 Xenopus tropicalis tadpole |
Techniques
Movie | Author | Content |
(5.6M) | Eddy De Robertis | Spemann-Mangold organizer transplantation experiment reenacted by Eddy De Robertis |
Introductory Developmental Biology
Movie | Author |
(65M) |
Jason Pellettieri |
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