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Tracking and Quantifying Developmental Processes in C. elegans Using Open-source Tools
Published on: December 16, 2015
Mapping the distribution of differentiation potential for intestine, muscle, and hypodermis during early development
Abstract:
We have analyzed the differentiation potential of cells in early embryos of Caenorhabditis elegans by assessing the production of markers for intestinal, muscle, and hypodermal cell differentiation in cleavage-arrested blastomeres. Our results show that differentiation potential does not always segregate during cleavage in a linear fashion, i.e., a blastomere can express a differentiation potential that is absent in its parent blastomere and vice versa. Furthermore, the expression of a particular differentiation program by certain cleavage-arrested blastomeres is an exclusive event in that each cell will express only one program of differentiation, even though it may have the potential to express several.
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