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Time-lapse video

Enterocoely in Chaetognaths

Cleavage in ascidians

Gastrulation in ascidians

The ascidian notochord

Corella to hatching

Fertilization in sea urchins

Pseudocleavage in C. elegans

C. elegans cell lineage

Urchin micromeres

Brittle star cleavage

Polar lobe formation

Chiton hatching

Unilateral cleavage

The jellyfish Phialidium

The jellyfish Sarsia

Cleavage of Aglantha

Ctenophore embryogenesis

Cleavage of Beroe

Cleavage of Platynereis

Gastrulation of Owenia

Live-cell labels

Mitosis in a sand dollar embryo

Microtubules during cytokinesis

Micromeres – Rho & microtubules

Actin in urchin embryos - 5 movies

Urchin embryo mitosis - 4 movies

Germinal vesicle breakdown

Starfish polar body emission

Rho in starfish meiosis - 3 movies

Other

Spiral cleavage in Tectura

Dispermic Cerebratulus zygote

Wound healing kymocube