Synchrotron X-ray tomographic microscopy of fossil embryos

Nature

Volumn 442, Issue 7103, 2006, Pages 680-683

  Donoghue, Philip C J ^a   Bengtson, Stefan ^b   Dong, Xi Ping ^c   Gostling, Neil J ^a   Huldtgren, Therese ^b   Cunningham, John A ^a,d   Yin, Chongyu ^e   Yue, Zhao ^b,e   Peng, Fan ^c   Stampanoni, Marco ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^f PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMPREGNATION; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; TOMOGRAPHY; VISUALIZATION; X RAYS;

NEOPROTEROZOIC; PHANEROZOIC; PSEUDOOIDES; SYNCHROTRON-RADIATION X-RAY TOMOGRAPHIC MICROSCOPY (SRXTM);

GEOCHEMISTRY;

CALCIUM PHOSPHATE;

ANNELID; EMBRYO; FOSSIL; PHANEROZOIC; PROTEROZOIC; TOMOGRAPHY; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; DIAGENESIS; EMBRYO; EMBRYOLOGY; FOSSIL; METAZOON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SYNCHROTRON;

ANIMALIA; BILATERIA; METAZOA;

EID: 33747049511     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04890     Document Type: Article

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