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Transparent things: Cell fates and cell movements during early embryogenesis of zebrafish
Author(s) -
SolnicaKrezel Lilianna,
Stemple Derek L.,
Driever Wolfgang
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
bioessays
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.175
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1521-1878
pISSN - 0265-9247
DOI - 10.1002/bies.950171106
Subject(s) - zebrafish , biology , cell fate determination , embryo , developmental biology , model organism , microbiology and biotechnology , morphogenesis , embryogenesis , evolutionary biology , neuroscience , genetics , gene , transcription factor
Development of an animal embryo involves the coordination of cell divisions, a variety of inductive interactions and extensive cellular rearrangements. One of the biggest challenges in developmental biology is to explain the relationships between these processes and the mechanisms that regulate them. Teleost embryos provide an ideal subject for the study of these issues. Their optical lucidity combined with modern techniques for the marking and observation of individual living cells allow high resolution investigations of specific morphogenetic movements and the construction of detailed fate maps. In this review we describe the patterns of cell divisions, cellular movements and other morphogenetic events during zebrafish early development and discuss how these events relate to the formation of restricted lineages.