The researchers used this live - imaging technique to
study fly embryos at a key stage in their development, approximately two hours after the onset of embryonic life where the genes undergo fast and furious transcription for about one hour.
A few tricks that aid the process have been uncovered by University of Tokyo neuroscientist Akinao Nose, who has
studied fly embryos.
Not exact matches
The researchers chose
embryos of the fruit
fly (Drosophila melanogaster) as an ideal model for the
study.
In the new
study, the researchers explored the role of cell shape in two vastly different types of epithelial cells — human bronchial epithelial cells grown in the lab and cells within the living
embryo of the fruit
fly — and observed them as they matured over time.