Transmission electron microscope image of C. elegans embryo

Transmission electron microscope image of C. elegans embryo

This is a C. elegans embryo (surrounded by other embryos) at the 2-cell stage (the two big gray spots are its two nuclei). The magnification is about 5,000X. Click to enlarge (~ 900K). Image by Jay Campbell, Laboratory for Optical and Computational Instrumentation.