Sentences with phrase «structures as an embryo»

In 2013, Peterson and his colleagues Joanna Yeh and Keith Joung were first to use the new technology to engineer a new strain of animal — a zebra - fish missing the GSK3ß gene, which encodes an enzyme involved in energy metabolism and the development of cell and body structures as an embryo grows.

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Similarly, the status of the human embryo, and the value placed upon it, have come under increasing scrutiny over the past decades, and even since DP in 2008 it has become increasingly normal to assume that it is morally acceptable to destroy embryos or to experiment upon them.12 The increasing sense of a loss of respect for human life in its earliest stages is linked to the abandonment of male - female lifelong marriage as the normal structure in which human life begins and is cherished.13 DP emphasises that «human procreation is a personal act of a husband and wife, which is not capable of substitution» (DP 16).

A chick embryo's face develops largely thanks to cells from an embryonic structure known as the neural tube.

The microscope's images can reveal the divisions and intricate rearrangements of individual cells as biological structures emerge in a developing embryo.

Building on traditional SIM technology, the iSIM allows real - time, 3 - D super resolution imaging of small, rapidly moving structures — such as individual blood cells moving through a live zebrafish embryo.

The first stretch of DNA showed up in the penile spines of developing mouse embryos, as well as in spots on the face where sensory whiskers would develop, indicating that it caused these structures to develop in response to male hormones.

Creatures like jellyfish have so little internal structure that they are naturally transparent, but when it comes to something as complex as a mouse embryo, it takes extra work to get the photons through.

When overexpressed together in developing Xenopus embryos by RNA microinjection, these genes can induce eye - like structures as defined by the expression of markers for some retinal cell classes [7].

It was previously thought that Pax3 was required for formation of certain structures in the early embryo, such as the neural tube, because it attaches to DNA and turns genes «on» or «off.»

Morphometric analysis confirmed that W01A8.1 null mutant embryos contained larger lipid positive structures recognized by CARS microscopy (Figs. 6A and 6B) that represent a larger total area (Fig. 6C), as determined by quantitating individual focal planes images.

As was observed in W01A8.1 RNAi embryos, loss of W01A8.1 activity resulted in the formation of large LipidTox - positive structures (Figs. 4H and 4I) that were clearly bigger than droplets observed in control embryos using the same protocol (Figs. 4C and 4D).

Overton studied the elaborate structures on the surfaces of cells in order to understand how single cells established and maintained connections with their partners as they matured to form different types of tissues in the developing embryo.

The world's first artificial embryo faithfully mimics the structure of a natural mouse embryo, as well as its ability to develop and assemble itself.

«It will be interesting to investigate whether Wnt pathways also interact in this way with FGFs in other regions of the embryo where FGFs are also known to play an organizing role, such as the brain, lungs and other structures,» said Yasuhiko Kawakami, a member of Izpisúa Belmonte's team.

Duration: Approximately 60 mins 52 slides covering: • Flower Structure - The Perianth • Flower Structure - The Calyx and Corolla • Male Reproductive Organs • Female Reproductive Organs • The Ovary • The Nectaries • Categorising Flowering Plants • The Production of Pollen Grains • The Flowering Plant Male Gametophyte • The Structure of the Ovule • The Embryo Sac as a Spore • Pollination • Pollination - Anthers • Dioecious and Monoecious Plants • Protandry and Protogyny • Self - incompatibility • Special Floral Structure Arrangements • Wind Pollination • Wind Pollination Versus Insect Pollination • Fertilization • Pollen Germination • Development of the Seed and Fruit

The segmented, geometrical forms of my work represent cells, embryos, biological and molecular structures — each symbolising the building blocks of life as well as the starting point of life.

An array of life bearing forms, such as orange seed pods, embryos, fallopian tubes, and pulsing cells, appear set against a network of gaunt, drooping female figures, and surreal yet earthly structures.