Close-up of a live ~5 hour-old zebrafish embryo. Individual cells are distinguishable, as well as nuclei, visible as circles within each cell. At this developmental stage, cells are actively moving and dividing, and their fates have not yet been specified. Cells are roughly 10 microns in diameter.

See this Flash article for more info on zebrafish: http://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2012/issue120/

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