Midgut development in rat embryos using microcomputed tomography

Marco Ginzel; Illya Martynov; Rainer Haak; Martin Lacher; Dietrich Kluth

doi:10.1038/s42003-021-01702-4

Communications Biology (Feb 2021)

Midgut development in rat embryos using microcomputed tomography

Marco Ginzel,
Illya Martynov,
Rainer Haak,
Martin Lacher,
Dietrich Kluth

Affiliations

Marco Ginzel: Department of Neonatology, University Children’s Hospital Tuebingen
Illya Martynov: Department of Pediatric Surgery, University of Leipzig
Rainer Haak: Department of Cariology, Endodontology and Periodontology, University of Leipzig
Martin Lacher: Department of Pediatric Surgery, University of Leipzig
Dietrich Kluth: Department of Pediatric Surgery, University of Leipzig

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-01702-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Using microcomputed tomography, Ginzel, Martynov et al. provide a modernized exploration of the developing midgut in rat embryos. This study enables three-dimensional, spatial interpretations of key structures throughout development, including the umbilicus and umbilical coelom.

Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsbio/

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