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From: Easy ultrastructural insight into the internal morphology of biological specimens by Atomic Force Microscopy

Figure 2

AFM-based ultrastructural analysis of Caenorhabditis elegans morphology. Nanoscopically resolved exemplary nematode tissues. (a) High resolution height data of two enterocytes forming the intestinal lumen. Note the clear resolution of single microvilli. (b) High resolution close up on nuclear region of a single enterocyte, showing ultrastructural details of the intranuclear composition. (c) High resolution height data of spermathecal tissue of C. elegans. Note the clear depiction of single spermatids (c). (d) Heigh resolution close up on gonadal tissue, showing single oocytes of the proximal gonads. Scale bars (a) and (d) 3 µm, (b) and (c) 2 µm. Cut cuticle, I intestinal lumen, MB microvilli brush, N nucleus, NM nuclear membrane, Nuc nucleolus, O oocyte, SP spermatid, UV uterine valve.

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