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Epithelial cells line surfaces and cavities throughout the body, forming skin, glands, and tracts. This mouse embryo has been genetically engineered to allow for the visualization of epithelial cells, showing the pattern of whisker placement on the face.
Image by Evan Heller, Rockefeller University.
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Praying Mantis feeding on a mouse
A mouse embryo at 40-times magnification 13.5 days after fertilization.
Image by Dr. Arnaud Mailleux, Bichat School of Medicine, University of Paris 7.
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A 100-times magnified view of the glandular gastric mucosa of a mouse.
Image by Dr. Marian Miller, University of Cincinnati.
Litomosoides sigmodontis (filaria worms) inside lymphatic vessels of the mouse ear (150X) (via Nikon Small World - 2011 - Dr. Witold Kilarski)
Hippocampus: Broad Overview; image credit: Tamily Weissman, Jeff Lichtman, and Joshua Sanes, 2005, as featured in Discover’s The Brain Is Ready For Its Closeup and Portraits of the Mind: Visualizing the Brain from Antiquity to the 21st Century by Carl Schoonover.
“This image of the hippocampus was created by breeding mice carrying different variants of the GFP gene - not only green fluorescent protein, but also its red and blue counterparts. The result? Simultaneous visualization of several different classes of neurons in various layers of the hippocampus, laced through each other like multicolored fingers.” (via Bioephemera)
Brainbow.
