Movies: animations illustrating Xenopus development
Xenopus laevis
| Stages | Movie | Author | Content |
| Single Cell to Blastula |
 (7.5M)
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H.Williams and J.Smith | Cleavage from one cell to blastula stage embryo. |
| Single Cell to Gastrula |
(10.6M)
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H.Williams and J.Smith | Synchronous development of Xenopus laevis embryos during early embryogenesis. Gastrulation follows the synchronous cleavage stages, and migrating involuted mesoderm can be seen underlying the prospective ectoderm cells. |
| Gastrulation |
(1M)
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M.Danilchik | A morph of confocal optical sections illustrating the internal movements during gastrulation. |
| Gastrulation |
(332K)
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R. Keller, digitized by Jeff Hardin | A dorsal surface view of gastrulating embryo. |
| Gastrulation through Neurulation and Tailbud |
(13M)
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H.Williams and J.Smith | Time lapse dorsal view. |
Xenopus tropicalis
| Stages | Movie | Author | Content |
| Gastrulation |
(1.9M)
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E.Amaya | Color vegetal view of blastopore closure. |
| Neurulation and Elongation |
(1.8M)
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E.Amaya | Color dorsal view of neural tube closure and tailbud elongation. |
Techniques
| Movie | Author | Content |
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(7.3M)
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Eddy De Robertis | Spemann-Mangold organizer transplantation experiment reenacted by Eddy De Robertis |
Introductory Developmental Biology
| Movie | Author |
| J.Pellettieri |
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