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Digital blueprint for fish created

The computer model was created by tracking all the cells in a zebrafish embryo for the first 24 hours of its existence
[video_player id=”Qe2W6oIb”]Video: Digital zebrafish embryo shows how the cells develop over the first 24 hours of a fish’s life

Scientists have created the first digital “blueprint” for a vertebrate, by tracking all the cells in a zebrafish embryo for the first 24 hours after fertilisation. This was then encoded to make a 3D computer model.

Watch exclusive video of the digital embryo in full size