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From: The larval chondrocranium and its development in Smilisca phaeota with considerations of patterns characteristic for the chondrocranial development of Lalagobatrachia

Fig. 2

Smilisca phaeota, development of mandibular arch-derived cartilaginous structures. Azan‐stained, transverse histological sections of representative stages during development. Stages are arranged in columns from left to right: Stage A9 (A, mesenchymal anlagen), stage D1 (D1, early differentiation into chondroblasts), stage D5 (D5 advanced differentiation stage), stage C2 (C2, early cartilage differentiation), and stage C6 (C6 later cartilage differentiation). The the chondrification process of several cartilages is shown (top to bottom): the infrarostral cartilage (cart.), suprarostral ala, suprarostral corpus, Meckel's cartilage and retroarticular process of Meckel's cartilage. Empty squares indicate the absence of the structure in the respective stage. Scale bars indicate 100 μm.

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