Image of the Day: Inside Out

During a stage of development similar to animal gastrulation, algal embryos are turned inside out as part of a process scientists have now filmed in 3-D for the first time.

The Scientist Staff

Apr 28, 2015 | 1 min read

UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, STEPHANIE HÖHN, AURELIA HONERKAMP-SMITH, RAYMOND E. GOLDSTEIN

(See “Dynamics of a Volvox embryo turning itself inside out,” Physical Review Letters, 2015.)

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