Retinoic Acid and Pattern Development in Vertebrate Embryos

Katherine Wu

Biology 33: Embryology

Spring 1997

 

Movie of embryo growth. Double click to start!

Welcome!

Welcome to my embryology final project.

Figure 1: Normal day 8 mouse embryos (A) versus embryos cultured in retinoic acid (B). By day 17, the embryo cultured in retinoic acid containing medium (D) has abnormal development in the mandibular and jaw bones as compared to the control embryo (C)

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katherine wu
swarthmore college
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swarthmore, pennsylvania 19081-1397
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