Embryo
By Fae Maverick
@Fa_Maverick (9487)
Australia
August 28, 2020 2:39am CST
Look guys! Fly embryos!!! In my lab today I was working with drosophila embryos which are fruit fly embryos. We had to take a photo of an embryo in the early stage of development and label which was anterior, posterior, dorsal and ventral as well as one that was in the late stage of development. We also had to determine what stage of development they were at most of ours were at late stage with a few early stages. One of the embryos was completely round which was very odd as they are usually an oval shape.
The one in the photo is a later stage embryo. How can I tell? The dark grey parts in the photo at the bottom are the brain and the other dark grey bits are part of the peripheral Nervous system
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@nursifatullah (123)
• Indonesia
28 Aug 20
Did you also cross Drosophila sp. to generate a change in shape due to a mutation?
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@Fa_Maverick (9487)
• Australia
28 Aug 20
I wasn't involved in the mating process but if the shape of the embryo was changed from oval to round then presumably the fly from it wouldn't be viable as it would be missing segments...
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@Fa_Maverick (9487)
• Australia
28 Aug 20
@nursifatullah to be honest I'm not a professional I did this experiment as a student to learn skills on how to do my own research later. My demonstrators however are immunologists and geneticists and do a lot of work investigating the immune system as well as how mutations can affect organisms
@nursifatullah (123)
• Indonesia
28 Aug 20
@Fa_Maverick Thanks for sharing. If I may know what kind of research you do in the lab?
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@happylife1 (13404)
• Karachi, Pakistan
28 Aug 20
Nice research thanks for sharing
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@moffittjc (121612)
• Gainesville, Florida
30 Aug 20
So am I looking at a future maggot which will then become a future fly?
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@moffittjc (121612)
• Gainesville, Florida
31 Aug 20
@Fa_Maverick That damn glycerol always messes things up! lol
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@Fa_Maverick (9487)
• Australia
31 Aug 20
It would have been if it hadn't of had its development stunted with glycerol...
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@Fa_Maverick (9487)
• Australia
1 Sep 20
@moffittjc messes with the growth doohickies and thingamabobs
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@StyleWithSense (1954)
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28 Aug 20
This is pretty interesting! It's a bit odd but fascinating at the same time. Thanks for sharing!
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@Shavkat (139962)
• Philippines
29 Aug 20
@Fa_Maverick That's a big challenge. It will be a learning process.
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@Fa_Maverick (9487)
• Australia
28 Aug 20
It is a great experience but sometimes it can be hard to understand.
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@Fa_Maverick (9487)
• Australia
29 Aug 20
@Shavkat Yes it was a learning process
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@Fa_Maverick (9487)
• Australia
29 Aug 20
@DianneN Oh yeah true. I guess at least in other schools it isn't an assessable part of the syllabus
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@jayanth_77 (7180)
• India
28 Aug 20
Are these fruit fly embryos microscopic. Looks colourless but interesting .
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@Fa_Maverick (9487)
• Australia
28 Aug 20
Yes they are!
Yeah unfortunately I couldn't get mine in colour
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