Sea urchin growth dynamics at microstructural length scale revealed by Mn-labeling and cathodoluminescence imaging
Abstract Background Fluorochrome staining is among the most widely used techniques to study growth dynamics of echinoderms. However, it fails to detect fine-scale increments because produced marks are commonly diffusely distributed within the skeleton. In this paper we investigated the potential of...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-08-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Zoology |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12983-017-0227-8 |