title: Shifting patterns: merging molecules, morphogens, motility, and methodology.
abstract: We highlight crucial technological progress of the past ten years that permits quantitative analysis of cellular behavior. Adapting these methods to the study of embryogenesis will be essential to advance our understanding of development in the coming decade.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.
authors.forename: Shawn C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Little
authors.forename: Eric F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Wieschaus
mesh_terms: D003585:Cell Biology / Q000639:trends*; D002477:Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D015509:Developmental Biology / Q000639:trends*