Autofluorescence imaging, an excellent tool for comparative morphology

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 244, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 259-272

  Haug, Joachim T ^a   Haug, Carolin ^a   Kutschera, Verena ^a   Mayer, Gerd ^a   Maas, Andreas ^a   Liebau, Stefan ^a   Castellani, Christopher ^a   Wolfram, Uwe ^b   Clarkson, Euan N K ^c   Waloszek, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autofluorescence imaging; Autofluorescence microscopy; Composite imaging; Fluorescence macrophotography

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; PHOTOGRAPHY;

AUTOFLUORESCENCE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; AUTOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; COMPLEX METHODS; COMPOSITE IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE MACROPHOTOGRAPHY; HIGH RESOLUTION; MACROPHOTOGRAPHY; MATRIX; MICROSCOPY TECHNIQUE;

FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY;

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARTHROPODA;

EID: 81255135773     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2011.03534.x     Document Type: Article

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