Embryonic Stage/Time Correlation Table 2

Embryonic Stage	Time	Comments
proliferating embryo (=early)	0-350min	Until cleavage is over
elongating embryo (=mid)	350-620min	During elongation
fully_elongated embryo  (=late =pre-hatched = morphogenetic)	620-800min	After elongation
pre_gastrula embryo	0-100min	Until gastrulation starts
gastrulating embryo	100-290min	During gastrulation
enclosing embryo	290-350min	(proposed)
late cleavage stage embryo	210-350min	At least 200 cells, not elongated yet
bean embryo	350-390min	Elongation started, but not comma yet
comma embryo	390-420min	According to Sulston figure
1.5-fold embryo	420-460min	According to Sulston figure
2-fold emrbyo	460-520min	According to Sulston figure
3-fold embryo (=pretzel)	520-620min	According to Sulston figure, and M. Labouesse
1-cell embryo	-50 - 0 min	Included in pre-gastrulation embryo
2-cell embryo	0-20min	Included in pre-gastrulation embryo
4-cell embryo	20-40min	Included in pre-gastrulation embryo
(.. other -cell embryos)	---	(proposed)
51-cell embryo	120-135min	Will replace the original "50-70 cell embryo"
.(.. other -cell embryos)	---	(proposed)
88-cell embryo	145-150min	Will replace the original "90 cell embryo"
.(..other -cell embryos)	---	(proposed)

Color Code:

Apple red : going to be removed from wormbase
Sea blue: going to be added to wormbase
black: orginally exist and will remain in wormbase
clover: proposed, will not be added to wormbase until encountered during curation.
 
 

Graphic Display of relationships among Life_stages

Explanations on WormBase Life_stages:

We are going to have 3 threads to describe embryonic Life_stages. Each of these threads will cover the whole embryonic life stages from 0min to 800min. The order they are listed are their time-order.
Example: "proliferating" is followed by "elongating", then by "fully-elongated".

        Thread A: proliferating/elongating/fully-elongated
        Thread B: pre-gastrulation/gastrulating/.../3-fold/fully-elongated
        Thread C: 1-cell/2-cell/.../51-cell/.../88-cell/...

See the color code listed above for the status of each Life-stage.