Invertebrate Department

It requires a broad range of investigations to understand and describe a complex organ like the jaw apparatus in Limnognathia maerski, which include the use of light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. These are quite different methods that produce different kinds of results, and when these finally are summarized they can give an overall idea about the organization of the jaws and provide a background for schematic line drawings or 3-dimensional reconstructions of the jaws. Follow the links below to read more about the different methods and the obtained results. jaws1.jpg (64023 bytes)jaws3d_1.jpg (54001 bytes)jaws_tem.jpg (48654 bytes)

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Investigation of the jaws

 

 

 

 

 

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