A Dozen Eggs - Time Lapse Microscopy of Normal Development

Description: Shows dynamic nature of embryonic morphogenesis. A series of video sequences, filmed in research laboratories around the world, clearly shows normal development of some of the most widely studied organisms, using time-lapse cinemicrography to demonstrate major cellular rearrangements. Contents are: Sea Urchin Development (Seth Ruffins and Charles Ettersohn, Carnegie Mellon University, 4.56 minutes); Slime Mold Morphogenesis (John T. Bonner, Princeton University, 5:46 minutes); Snail Polar Lobe Formation (Rachel Fink, Mount Holyoke College and Jo Ann Render, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2:47 minutes); Meiotic Blebbing in Flatworms (Rachel Fink, Mount Holyoke College and Barbara Boyer, Union College, 1:20 minutes); Nematode Development (Rachel Fink, Mount Holyoke College and Ken Kemphues, Cornell University, 3:40 minutes); Fruit Fly Embryogenesis (Rachel Fink, Mount Holyoke College and Eric Wieschaus, Princeton University, 5:56 minutes); Ascidian Embryogenesis (Ann Poznanski, University of California, San Francisco and Judith Venuti, University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 2:35 minutes); Frog Gastrulation (Ray Keller and John Smith, University of California, Berkeley, 1:58 minutes); Zebrafish Development (Don Kane and Rachel Warga, University of Oregon, 2:41 minutes); Killifish Deep Cell Migration (Rachel Fink, Mount Holyoke College, 2:48 minutes); Chicken Organogenesis (Hilde Bortier, University of Ghent, Belgium, 1:57 minutes); Mouse Development to Blastocyst (Ann Sutherland, University of California, San Francisco, 2:05 minutes and Roger Pedersen, University of California, San Francisco, 1:48 minutes).

Comments & References: Running time: 42 minutes.   Suitable for any level course in developmental biology - from introductory embryology to graduate seminars on molecular aspects of development. VHS - PAL format. Sound and colour. All royalties from the sale of this tape go to the Society for Developmental Biology to support future educational initiatives.   Mentioned in the Orion Bibliography, from University of California, Los Angeles, library record number 0004552IM, inventory number: VC12546.   

ISBN: 0-87893-181-3

Price: Sinauer: US$60.00; Instructional Media Library: Please contact supplier

Version: 1991