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WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
Volume 2, Issue 6, Pages 767-779Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1002/wdev.107
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- NIGMS NIH HHS [P01 GM099655, R01 GM085298, 1R01GM085298-01A1] Funding Source: Medline
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Animals comprise dynamic three-dimensional arrays of cells that express gene products in intricate spatial and temporal patterns that determine cellular differentiation and morphogenesis. A rigorous understanding of these developmental processes requires automated methods that quantitatively record and analyze complex morphologies and their associated patterns of gene expression at cellular resolution. Here we summarize light microscopy-based approaches to establish permanent, quantitative datasets-atlases-that record this information. We focus on experiments that capture data for whole embryos or large areas of tissue in three dimensions, often at multiple time points. We compare and contrast the advantages and limitations of different methods and highlight some of the discoveries made. We emphasize the need for interdisciplinary collaborations and integrated experimental pipelines that link sample preparation, image acquisition, image analysis, database design, visualization, and quantitative analysis. (C) 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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