C. elegans
develops from a single cell, the
fertilized egg, to a 558-celled worm in
about 14 hours. The worm that
crawls out of its eggshell has a
functioning feeding apparatus, gut,
nervous system and muscles. These
videos show some of the events that
occur along the way. |
![C. elegans
development goldstein lab](golds.jpg)
Normal
Development
from
us
|
![goldstein lab cortical
flow](flow.jpg)
Cytoplasmic
Flow
from
us
|
![first cell
cycle](hymanpic.jpg)
First Cell
Cycle
from
Tony
Hyman's lab
|
![Munro Myosin par proteins
microtubules](MunroMyosin.gif)
Myosin,
PARs, Microtubules
from the Center for Cell
Dynamics
|
from Cheeks et al
2004
|
![p granules
brangwynne hyman](Brangwynne.jpg)
P granules
from
Brangwynne
et al 2009
|
![elegans
embryo actin comet piano velarde](velardeactincomets.jpg)
Actin Comets
from
Velarde
et al 2007 |
![par mex pie-1](cuenca.jpg)
PARs, MEXs,
PIE-1, Microtubules
from
Cuenca
et
al 2003
|
![mitotic
spindle asymmetric cell cycle goldstein
lab](celegansspindles.jpg)
Timing
Spindle Displacement
from
McCarthy
Campbell
et al 2009
|
![actin plasma
membrane blebs blebbing Roh-Johnson
Goldstein](MinnaRohBlebActinElegans.jpg)
Blebs
from
Roh-Johnson
and Goldstein 2009
|
![desai histones
microtubules gamma tubulin](desai.gif)
Chromosomes,
Microtubules
from
Desai
et
al 2003
|
![karen oegema](oegema.jpg)
Chromosomes,
Microtubules
from
Oegema
et
al 2001
|
![histone](Hannak01.gif)
Histones,
Microtubules, gamma-Tubulin
from
Hannak
et
al 2001
|
![Hannak Histones microtubules](hannak02.gif)
Histones,
Microtubules, gamma-Tubulin
from
Hannak
et
al 2002
|
![Goldstein Lab Jean-Claude Labbe
CIMS](cims.gif)
Microtubule
Tips
from
Labbé
et
al 2003
|
![cytokinesis gastrulation bowerman](severson.gif)
Cytokinesis
and Gastrulation
from
Severson
et
al 2002
|
![nuclear envelope Jon Audhya C.
elegans](AudhyaNuclEnvelopes.jpg)
Nuclear
Envelopes, Fertilization, Plasma
Membranes
from
Jon
Audhya's lab
|
![pie-1 gfp](Reesepie.jpg)
PIE-1
from
Reese
et
al 2000
|
![left right axis](lrshift.gif)
Spindles
Skewing
from Bergman
et
al 2003
|
![membranes](skop.jpg)
Membranes,
Cultured Cells, Microtubules
from Skop
et
al 2001
|
![pop-1 gfp rothman](pop1.gif)
POP-1
from
Joel
Rothman's lab
|
![gastrulation goldstein lab jen lee](gastr.jpg)
Gastrulation
from
us
|
![gastrulation priess](nance.gif)
Gastrulation
from
Nance
et
al 2003
|
![actomyosin contractions apical
constriction](endoderminternalizationRohJetal.jpg)
Actomyosin
and Membrane Dynamics
from
us
|
![C. elegans
gastrulation Harrell Goldstein](CelegansGastrulation.jpg)
Later
Gastrulation
from
us
|
![elegans embryo histone z series
color](histonezseriescolored.gif)
Histones and
Nuclear Envelopes
from
the Galy
lab
|
![Mohler membranes](mohler1.gif)
Membranes
from
Bill
Mohler's lab
|
![pes-1 gfp hope](pesgfp.jpg)
PES-1
from
Ian
Hope's
lab
|
![C. elegans ventral enclosure](ventralenclosure.jpg)
Ventral
Cleft Closure
from
Chisholm
and
Hardin
|
![dorsal intercalation hardin](dorsinterc.gif)
Dorsal
Intercalation
from
Jeff
Hardin's
lab
|
![C. elegans morphogenesis movies](morphogenesis.gif)
Epidermal
Morphogenesis
from Chisholm
and
Hardin
|
![ventral enclosure hardin](hardin.jpg)
Ventral
Enclosure
from
Jeff
Hardin's lab
|
![junctions hardin](juncinteg.gif)
Junctional
Integrity in Epithelia
from
Jeff
Hardin's lab
|
![enclosure](enclosure.gif)
Ventral
Enclosure
from
Ronen
Zaidel-Bar's lab
|
![elongation pettitt](elongation.gif)
Embryonic
Elongation
from
Pettitt
et
al 2003
|
![goldstein lab apoptosis movie](ced.gif)
Cell Death
from
us
|