An Analysis of the Generation of Cell Differences in Early Caenorhabditis Elegans Embryos |
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actin actin foci anterior-posterior axis appear assayed asymmetric division bicephalic Biol blastomeres Caenorhabditis elegans cell cycle cell cycle periods cell division cell lineages centrosomes cleavage furrow critical time interval cytochalasin D pulse cytokinesis cytoplasm cytoskeleton defects developmental potential differentiation markers disruption of microfilaments early embryogenesis egg length eggshell elegans embryos embryo shown embryogenesis embryos fertilized embryos pulsed embryos treated filaments fixed and stained gastrulation gut granules hermaphrodites homozygous hypodermal Immunofluorescent inhibitor late pseudocleavage late time interval meiosis microfilament disruption microfilament structure microscopy microtubule middle time interval mitotic spindle monoclonal antibody mutant nematode Nomarski micrograph normal embryos nuclei occur one-cell oocytes organizing center P-granule segregation paternal effect permeabilized phenotype posterior cell posterior cortex posterior end progeny pronuclear meeting pronuclear migration pronucleus pulsed embryos pulsed with cytochalasin reverse polarity Schierenberg showed smaller daughter spe-11 embryos spe-11 sperm sperm pronucleus sperm-specific Strome and Wood Sulston two-cell embryo undergo underwent zygote