Histological and anatomical Atlas of the land slugs Deroceras laeve and Ambigolimax valentianus
Explore the anatomy and histology of garden slugs in stacks of high resolution images in three planes of section and in interactive 3D renders of their major organs.
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Deroceras laeve
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Ambigolimax valentianus
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Stain used for histological sections:
Hematoxylin and eosin (H&E).
Cite this work
Lozano-Flores C, Trujillo-Barrientos J, Brito-Domínguez DA, Téllez-Chávez E, Cortés-Encarnación R, Medina-Durazno LD, Cornelio-Martinez S, de León-Cuevas A, Ávalos-Fernández A, Gutiérrez-Sarmiento W, Torres-Barrera A, Soto-Barragán FJ, Herrera-Oropeza G, Martínez-Olvera R, Martínez-Acevedo D, Cruz-Blake LC, Rangel-García V, Martínez-Cabrera G, Larriva-Sahd J, Pimentel-Domínguez R, Ávila R, Varela-Echavarría A. (2024) SlugAtlas, a histological and 3D online resource of the land slugs Deroceras laeve and Ambigolimax valentianus. PLoS ONE 19(10): e0312407. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0312407
This page was constructed with the support of the Dirección General de Asuntos del Personal Académico (DGAPA), UNAM, (IN211322, IA206324) and Secretaría de Ciencia, Humanidades, Tecnología e Innovación (SECIHTI, CBF2023-2024-834).
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