Experimental embryology
Galleria mellonella
Caenorhabditis elegans
Greater wax moth - Galleria mellonella
• Pest in honey bee hives
• Body length 8 – 16 mm
• Wing span aprox. 30 mm
• Wide spread model
organism in laboratory
use
• Bred in incubator (30 °C)
Greater wax moth - Galleria mellonella
Greater wax moth - Galleria mellonella
Greater wax moth - Galleria mellonella
Greater wax moth - Galleria mellonella
• Aprox. 1 mm long; 5 – 100 µm wide
• Free-living transparent nematode
• Exactly 1031 somatic cells and 302
neurons
• Worm book
http://www.wormbook.org
• Embryonic development
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
M2ApXHhYbaw&hd=1
Caenorhabditis elegans
• Bred on Petri dish in incubator (18 °C)
• Fed by OP50 strain of E. coli
• Caenorhabditis genetic centre
https://cgc.umn.edu
Caenorhabditis elegans
Caenorhabditis elegans
Caenorhabditis elegans
Caenorhabditis elegans
Caenorhabditis elegans