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C. elegans embryo morphogenesis

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This is a C. elegans embryo undergoing morphogenesis, stained for polarized markers of epithelia. The white staining is against a junctional protein called DLG-1/Discs large and marks adherens junctions of the foregut, midgut, and hindgut. The red stain is against LAM-3/Laminin and marks the basement membrane. DAPI (blue) marks nuclei.