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Gastrulation in a Fruit Fly

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Gastrulation in a fruit fly (Drosophila). In fruit flies, cleavage is restricted to the outermost region of cytoplasm; the interior is filled with yolk. The series of photographs, all cross-sections, shows sixteen cells (stained gold) migrating inward. The opening the cells move in through will become the fly’s mouth. Descendants of the stained cells will form mesoderm. Movements shown in these photos occur during a period of less than 20 minutes.
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