Post by nipam on Dec 28, 2013 13:22:09 GMT -8
Hi All,
A bit different than the other movies posted here, but I thought some of you might be interested to see these movies of wings growing outside of the pupal case that have been generated by Ryan Null, a student in my lab at UC Berkeley.
A forewing and hindwing wing disk were dissected out from a 4 day old pupae of Junonia coenia (Buckeye). The disks were then grown in tissue culture media and filmed (time-lapse) as the colors came in over the next 2 days. We are developing this technique in order to learn the molecular and genetic basis for scale growth and the development of color patterns.
Here are two forewings from Vanessa cardui (Painted Lady). Also dissected out from a 4 day old pupa and filmed for about 2.5 days.
We are now focused on culturing wings of Morphos and Papilio palinurus in order to study the development of the chitin patterns that generate structural colors.
Happy holidays to everyone.
Cheers,
Nipam
A bit different than the other movies posted here, but I thought some of you might be interested to see these movies of wings growing outside of the pupal case that have been generated by Ryan Null, a student in my lab at UC Berkeley.
A forewing and hindwing wing disk were dissected out from a 4 day old pupae of Junonia coenia (Buckeye). The disks were then grown in tissue culture media and filmed (time-lapse) as the colors came in over the next 2 days. We are developing this technique in order to learn the molecular and genetic basis for scale growth and the development of color patterns.
Here are two forewings from Vanessa cardui (Painted Lady). Also dissected out from a 4 day old pupa and filmed for about 2.5 days.
We are now focused on culturing wings of Morphos and Papilio palinurus in order to study the development of the chitin patterns that generate structural colors.
Happy holidays to everyone.
Cheers,
Nipam
