Digitized images and developmental data from Nieuwkoop and Faber (1994) Normal Table of Xenopus laevis (Daudin).
Garland Publishing Inc, New York ISBN 0-8153-1896-0.
Click on the small images to download larger versions (most are < 0.1 MB, 300 dpi
jpg files, and TIFF files are also available).
Copyright © 1994 Pieter D. Nieuwkoop and J. Faber. Digital images created by Matt
Cockerill and Peter Vize.
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Stage
1 (egg), animal view |
Stage
1 (egg), dorsal view |
Stage
1 (egg), ventral view |
Stage
2 (2-cell)
1
hr 30 min post-fert (pf) @ 23°C |
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Stage
2 (2-cell) ventral view
1
hr 30 min pf @ 23°C |
Stage
3 (4-cell) animal view
2
hr pf @ 23°C |
Stage
3 (4-cell) dorso-lateral view
2
hr pf @ 23°C |
Stage
4 (8-cell) animal view
2
hr 15 min pf @ 23°C |
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Stage
4 (8-cell) dorso-lateral view
2
hr 15 min pf @ 23°C |
Stage
5 (16-cell) animal view
2
hr 45 min pf @ 23°C |
Stage
5 (16-cell) dorsal view
2
hr 45 min pf @ 23°C |
Stage
6 (32-cell) animal view
3
hr @ 23°C |
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Stage
6.5 blastula, animal view
3
hr 30 min pf @ 23°C |
Stage
6.5 blastula, dorsal view
3
hr 30 min pf @ 23°C |
Stage
6.5 blastula, ventral view
3
hr 30 min pf @ 23°C |
Stage
7 blastula, animal view
4
hr pf @ 23°C |
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Stage
7 blastula, dorsal view
4
hr pf @ 23°C |
Stage
7 blastula, ventral view
4
hr pf @ 23°C |
Stage
8 blastula, animal view
5 hr pf @ 23°C |
Stage
8 blastula, dorsal view
5
hr pf @ 23°C |
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Stage
8 blastula, ventral view
5
hr pf @ 23°C |
Stage
9 blastula, vegetal view
7
hr pf @ 23°C |
Stage
10 early gastrula, veg view
9
hr pf @ 23°C |
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Stage 10.5,
vegetal view
11 hr pf @ 23°C |
Stage 10.5,
vegetal view
11 hr pf @ 23°C |
Stage 11,
vegetal view
11 hr 45
min pf @ 23°C |
Stage 11.5,
vegetal view
12 hr 30
min pf @ 23°C |
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Stage 12,
vegetal view
13 hr 15
min pf @ 23°C |
Stage 12.5,
posterior-dorsal view
14 hr 15
min pf @ 23°C |
Stage 13,
posterior-dorsal view
14 hr 45
min pf @ 23°C |
Stage 14,
posterior-dorsal view
16 hr 15
min pf @ 23°C |
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Stage 14,
lateral view
16 hr 15
min pf @ 23°C |
Stage 15,
posterior-dorsal view
17 hr 30
min pf @ 23°C |
Stage 15,
anterior view
17 hr 30
min pf @ 23°C |
Stage 16,
anterior view
18 hr 15
min pf @ 23°C |
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Stage 16,
posterior-dorsal view
18 hr 15
min pf @ 23°C |
Stage 17,
anterior view
18 hr 45
min pf @ 23°C |
Stage 17,
posterior-dorsal view
18 hr 45
min pf @ 23°C |
Stage 18,
anterior view
19 hr 45
min pf @ 23°C |
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Stage 19,
dorsal view
20 hr 45
min pf @ 23°C |
Stage 19,
anterior view
20 hr 45 min
pf @ 23°C |
Stage 20,
dorsal view
21 hr 45
min pf @ 23°C |
Stage 20,
anterior view
21 hr 45
min pf @ 23°C |
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Stage 21,
dorsal view
22 hr 30
min pf @ 23°C |
Stage 21,
anterior view
22 hr 30
min pf @ 23°C |
Stage 22,
dorsal view
24 hr pf @ 23°C |
Stage 22,
lateral view
24 hr pf @ 23°C |
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Stage 23,
dorsal view
1 day, 45
minutes pf @ 23°C |
Stage 23,
lateral view
1 day, 45
minutes pf @ 23°C |
Stage 24,
dorsal view
1 day, 2
hr 15 min pf @ 23°C |
Stage 24,
lateral view
1 day, 2
hr 15 min pf @ 23°C |
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Stage 25,
dorsal view
1 day, 3
hr 30 min pf @ 23°C |
Stage 25,
lateral view
1 day, 3
hr 30 min pf @ 23°C |
Stage 26,
dorsal view
1 day, 5
hr 30 min pf @ 23°C |
Stage 26,
lateral view
1 day, 5
hr 30 min pf @ 23°C |
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Stage 27,
dorsal view
1 day, 7
hr 15 min pf @ 23°C |
Stage 27,
lateral view
1 day, 7
hr 15 min pf @ 23°C |
Stage 28,
dorsal view
1 day, 8
hr 30 min pf @ 23°C |
Stage 28,
lateral view
1 day, 8
hr 30 min pf @ 23°C |
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of images shifts at this point |
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Stage 29-30,
lateral view
1 day, 11
hr pf @ 23°C |
Stage 31,
lateral view
1 day, 13
hr 30 min pf @ 23°C |
Stage 32,
lateral view
1 day, 16
hr pf @ 23°C |
Stage 33-34,
lateral view
1 day, 20
hr 30 min pf @ 23°C |
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Stage 35-36,
lateral view
2 days,
2 hr pf @ 23°C |
Stage 37-38,
lateral view
2 days,
5 hr 30 min pf @ 23°C |
Stage 39,
lateral view
2 days,
8 hr 30 min pf @ 23°C |
Stage 40,
lateral view
2 days,
18 hr pf @ 23°C |
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Stage 41,
lateral view
3 days,
4 hr pf @ 23°C |
Stage 41,
ventral view
3 days,
4 hr pf @ 23°C |
Stage 42,
lateral view
3 days,
8 hr pf @ 23°C |
Stage 42,
ventral view
3 days,
8 hr pf @ 23°C |
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Stage 43,
lateral view
3 days,
15 hr pf @ 23°C |
Stage 43,
ventral view
3 days,
15 hr pf @ 23°C |
Stage 45,
lateral view
4 days,
2 hr pf @ 23°C |
Stage 46,
lateral view
4 days,
10 hr pf @ 23°C |
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