X-ray imaging of a water bear offers a new look at tardigrade internal anatomy

X-ray imaging of a water bear offers a new look at tardigrade internal anatomy

Abstract Background Tardigrades (water bears) are microscopic invertebrates of which the anatomy has been well studied using traditional techniques, but a comprehensive three-dimensional reconstruction has never been performed. In order to close this gap, we employed X-ray computed tomography (CT),...

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Main Authors: Vladimir Gross, Mark Müller, Lorenz Hehn, Simone Ferstl, Sebastian Allner, Martin Dierolf, Klaus Achterhold, Georg Mayer, Franz Pfeiffer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-05-01
Series:Zoological Letters
Subjects:
X-ray nanoCT imaging
Biological imaging
3D reconstruction
Tardigrada
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40851-019-0130-6

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