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ArticleJournal of microbiology & biology education2025

A cell fate mapping simulation laboratory to increase undergraduate students' understanding of early developmental processes in frog, zebrafish, and tunicate embryos.

Ritu Sarpal, Ashley E E Bruce, Isaac Skromne

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Ritu SarpalDepartment of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0009-0004-9724-3232
Ashley E E BruceDepartment of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-0567-2928
Isaac SkromneDepartment of Biology, University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2369-7210

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Abstract

Fate mapping is an essential technique in developmental biology that allows researchers to track the future identity or "fate" of embryonic cells in an organism. However, the experimental procedure for constructing fate maps is tedious, time-consuming, and technically challenging, making it difficult to incorporate as an undergraduate lab experience. Here, we describe a hands-on undergraduate laboratory activity that allows students to generate and examine model organisms' fate maps, employing a free, user-friendly web-based app, FatemapApp (http://fatemapapp.com/). Students used the app to construct the fate maps for the 32-cell stage

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blastuladevelopmental biologyembryonic developmentfate mapfroggastrulasimulationtunicateundergraduate labzebrafish

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PMCPMC12369337

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