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Like caterpillars turning into beautiful butterflies, fruit fly larvae have to go through metamorphosis to finish their development. However, despite the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster<\/em> being one of the best studied model organisms in biology, comparatively little attention has been given to this crucial developmental stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dimitri Kromm and Tatjana Schneidt from the Hufnagel group at EMBL Heidelberg used a home-built multi-view light-sheet microscope with 10\u00d7 magnification to produce these images of a living fruit fly pupa. By observing the pupa for many hours inside the microscope, scientists can study its metamorphosis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For this recording, a fluorescent nuclear marker (left) and a membrane marker (right) were expressed in the insect to highlight the individual parts. In the central panel, images of both markers have been overlaid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Credit: Dimitri Kromm & Tatjana Schneidt\/EMBL <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have a stunning picture of your science, your lab or your site, you can submit it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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