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Lineage – How it was determined |
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Time spent: Dr. John Sulston spent one and a half years (in the dark) to complete C. elegans cell lineage. |
Hand drawn: Dr. Sulston hand drew the real time worm development. The C. elegans embryo development wasn’t recorded in video for lineaging, it was all done by hand. |
Microscopy used: Nomarski Optics (also known as
Differential Interference Contrast (DIC)
microscope) was used. |
Image generated: (About this image: an one-cell embryo with paternal and maternal nuclei meeting in the center). |
More information on the completion of C. elegans cell lineage. |
References
1. Sulston, J. E., Schierenberg, E., White, J. G., & Thomson, J. N., The embryonic cell lineage of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, Developmental Biology 100, 64-119 (1983). Available online: retrieved 12/10/04, from http://www.wormatlas.org/Sulstonemblin_1983/toc.html.