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Description

The time-lapse movie made in 1974 shows meiosis in spermatocytes of Chrysochraon japonicas (grasshopper) as seen with the polarizing microscope. The principal birefringent components are the spindle microtubules. Their dynamic assembly and disassembly creates the flickering 'Northern Lights' effect.

Biological Sources

NCBI Organism Classification: Chrysochraon japonicas
Cell Type: spermatocyte
Cellular Component: spindle

Biological Context

Biological Process

Attribution

Names: Shinya Inoue; H. Sato; K. Izutsu
Published: S. Inoue 2008 Collected Works of Shinya Inoue. World Scientific Publishing Company, Singapore, Hackensack, NJ, USA

Citation

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): doi:10.7295/W9CIL11951
Archival Resource Key (ARK): ark:/b7295/w9cil11951

Imaging

Image Type: recorded image
Image Mode: polarization microscopy
Parameters Imaged: retardance
Source of Contrast: form birefringence
Visualization Methods: visualization of contiguous regions
Data Qualifiers: processed data

Sample Preparation

Methods: living tissue
Relation To Intact Cell: whole mounted tissue

Dimensions

Spatial Axis	Image Size	Pixel Size
X	720px	——
Y	480px	——