From zygote to tadpole, in six stunning minutes

Directed by Jan van IJken · 2018

Through time-lapse microscopy, a single fertilised cell of an alpine newt divides, folds and grows into a living tadpole in six pulsing, wordless minutes.

Mesmerising time-lapse microscopy shows a single cell transforming into a living tadpole: a wordless, six-minute miracle of life.

Watch a single cell become a complete organism in six pulsing minutes of timelapse.

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