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To Lineage – Using VisBio
Advantage in using VisBio: It is very labor intensive to lineage an embryo’s development. Sulston once stated if you skip one-day, you lose track of some cell divisions (Sulston, 1983). Now, with the help of advanced technologies and software development, researchers are able to record the development of an embryo as a 4-dimensional (3 dimensions in space + time = 4 dimensions) movie. They then are able to observe and annotate the movie using programs such as VisBio. Below, basic concepts and brief tutorial in using VisBio will be introduced.

About VisBio for recording 4D movies (coming soon)

Sample 4D lineage movie

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