Movies: Animations illustrating Xenopus development
Xenopus laevis
| Stages | Movie | Author | Content |
| NF Stage 4 to NF Stage 8 | Bernhard Strauss and Nancy Papalopulu | Xenopus laevis early cleavage stages | |
| NF Stage 9 to NF Stage 23 | Huw Williams and James Smith | Xenopus laevis gastrula through neurula stages | |
| NF Stage 12.5 to NF Stage 25 | Enrique Amaya | Group of Xenopus tropicalis embryos from the neurula to early tailbud stages | |
| NF Stage 13 to NF Stage 28 | Enrique Amaya | Xenopus laevis embryo from the neurula stage through to hatching | |
| 0 - 49 sec: Stage 43 tadpole; 49-59 sec: Ventral view of head and heart region of Stage 47 tadpole | Enrique Amaya | Live movie of Stage 43 and Stage 47 Xenopus tropicalis tadpole | |
| NF Stage 25 to NF Stage 43 | Enrique Amaya | Time lapse movie of head and face morphogenesis in Xenopus tropicalis | |
| Single Cell to Blastula |
 (7.5M)
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Huw Williams and James Smith | Cleavage from one cell to blastula stage embryo. |
| Single Cell to Gastrula |
(10.6M)
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Huw Williams and James 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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Mike Danilchik | A morph of confocal optical sections illustrating the internal movements during gastrulation. |
| Gastrulation |
(332K)
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Ray Keller, digitized by Jeff Hardin | A dorsal surface view of gastrulating embryo. |
| Gastrulation through Neurulation and Tailbud |
(13M)
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Huw Williams and James Smith | Time lapse dorsal view. |
Xenopus tropicalis
| Stages | Movie | Author | Content |
| Gastrulation |
(1.9M)
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Enrique Amaya | Color vegetal view of blastopore closure. |
| Neurulation and Elongation |
(1.8M)
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Enrique 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 |
| Jason Pellettieri |
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