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Axolotl Embryo Staging Series

Preblastula (1-7)
Blastula & Gastrula (8-12.5)
Neurula (13-20)
Early Tailbud (21-25)
Middle Tailbud (26-30)
Late Tailbud (31-35)
Prehatch to Hatched (36-44)

Preblastula - Stages 1-7:

Bordzilovskaya, N.P., T.A. Dettlaff, Susan T. Duhon, and George M. Malacinski. 1989. Developmental-stage series of axolotl embryos. In Developmental Biology of the Axolotl edited by J.B. Armstrong and G.M. Malacinski. Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 201-219.

The Bordzilovskaya and Dettlaff staging series is also available in Axolotl Newsletter #7 (Spring, 1979).

Click on the buttons (72 dpi GIF images) below to view the larger images (150 dpi JPEG) of each stage.

1. Fertilized egg in membranes	1. Animal pole	2. Two cells
3. Four cells	3. Eight cells	5. Sixteen cells, side view
5. Sixteen cells, animal pole	6. Thirty-two cells	7. Sixty-four cells

Blastula & Gastrula - Stages 8-12.5:

Bordzilovskaya, N.P., T.A. Dettlaff, Susan T. Duhon, and George M. Malacinski. 1989. Developmental-stage series of axolotl embryos. In Developmental Biology of the Axolotl edited by J.B. Armstrong and G.M. Malacinski. Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 201-219.

The Bordzilovskaya and Dettlaff staging series is also available in Axolotl Newsletter #7 (Spring, 1979).

Click on the buttons (72 dpi GIF images) below to view the larger images (150 dpi JPEG) of each stage.

8. Early blastula	9. Late blastula	10. Early gastrula I, vegetal hemisphere
10.5.Early gastrula II	10.75. Middle gastrula I	11. Middle gastrula II
11.5. Late gastrula I	12. Late gastrula II	12.5. Late gastrula III

Neurula - Stages 13-20:

Bordzilovskaya, N.P., T.A. Dettlaff, Susan T. Duhon, and George M. Malacinski. 1989. Developmental-stage series of axolotl embryos. In Developmental Biology of the Axolotl edited by J.B. Armstrong and G.M. Malacinski. Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 201-219.

The Bordzilovskaya and Dettlaff staging series is also available in Axolotl Newsletter #7 (Spring, 1979).

Click on the buttons (72 dpi GIF images) below to view the larger images (150 dpi JPEG) of each stage.

13. Early neurula I, vegetal hemisphere	13. Early neurula I, side view	14. Early neurula II
15. Early neurula III	16. Middle neurula II	17. Late neurula I
18. Late neurula II	19. Late neurula III	20. Late neurula IV

Early Tailbud - Stages 21-25:

Bordzilovskaya, N.P., T.A. Dettlaff, Susan T. Duhon, and George M. Malacinski. 1989. Developmental-stage series of axolotl embryos. In Developmental Biology of the Axolotl edited by J.B. Armstrong and G.M. Malacinski. Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 201-219.

The Bordzilovskaya and Dettlaff staging series is also available in Axolotl Newsletter #7 (Spring, 1979).

Click on the buttons (72 dpi GIF images) below to view the larger images (150 dpi JPEG) of each stage.

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Middle Tailbud - Stages 26-30:

Bordzilovskaya, N.P., T.A. Dettlaff, Susan T. Duhon, and George M. Malacinski. 1989. Developmental-stage series of axolotl embryos. In Developmental Biology of the Axolotl edited by J.B. Armstrong and G.M. Malacinski. Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 201-219.

The Bordzilovskaya and Dettlaff staging series is also available in Axolotl Newsletter #7 (Spring, 1979).

Click on the buttons (72 dpi GIF images) below to view the larger images (150 dpi JPEG) of each stage.

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Late Tailbud - Stages 31-35:

Bordzilovskaya, N.P., T.A. Dettlaff, Susan T. Duhon, and George M. Malacinski. 1989. Developmental-stage series of axolotl embryos. In Developmental Biology of the Axolotl edited by J.B. Armstrong and G.M. Malacinski. Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 201-219.

The Bordzilovskaya and Dettlaff staging series is also available in Axolotl Newsletter #7 (Spring, 1979).

Click on the buttons (72 dpi GIF images) below to view the larger images (150 dpi JPEG) of each stage.

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Prehatched to Hatched - Stages 36-44:

Bordzilovskaya, N.P., T.A. Dettlaff, Susan T. Duhon, and George M. Malacinski. 1989. Developmental-stage series of axolotl embryos. In Developmental Biology of the Axolotl edited by J.B. Armstrong and G.M. Malacinski. Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 201-219.

The Bordzilovskaya and Dettlaff staging series is also available in Axolotl Newsletter #7 (Spring, 1979).

Click on the buttons (72 dpi GIF images) below to view the larger images (150 dpi JPEG) of each stage.

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42.	43.	44.Just hatched