Zebrafish at 16 cell stage16 cell stage Zebrafish embryo
Spindle dynamics, yolk platelet motility, cytoplasmic streaming between the yolk cell and its connected blastomeres.

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Movie#201. Sixteen cell stage Zebrafish embryo.

The first frame shows cells at metaphase. The sequence covers the next four cell cycles.

In each prophase, there is a rapid onset of yolk platelet motility. Yolk material is fragmented off the yolk cell and drawn into the outermost blastomeres through cytoplasmic bridges.

Frames were taken at 30 second intervals.


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