Herein we describe a procedure to capture live images of Drosophila gastrulation. This has enabled us to better understand the apical constriction involved in early development and further analyze mechanisms governing cellular movements during tissue structure modification.
Karim, M. R., Haruta, T., Matsumoto, T., Oda, H., Taniguchi, H. Imaging of Cell Shape Alteration and Cell Movement in Drosophila Gastrulation Using DE-cadherin Reporter Transgenic Flies. J. Vis. Exp. (118), e54764, doi:10.3791/54764 (2016).