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Embryonic development across space and time

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A model for Drosophila embryonic development is presented by integrating several types of experimental data spanning over several layers of space and time.

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Fig. 1: Development occurs at multiple scales across time and space to ultimately turn a single cell into a fully formed organism.

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  1. Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA

    Rachel Waymack & Zeba Wunderlich

  2. Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA

    Zeba Wunderlich

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Waymack, R., Wunderlich, Z. Embryonic development across space and time. Nat Comput Sci 1, 507–508 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43588-021-00117-9

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