Three dimensional visualization and fractal analysis of mosaic patches in rat chimeras: Cell assortment in liver, adrenal cortex and cornea

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Iannaccone, Stephen ^a   Zhou, Yue ^b   Walterhouse, David ^a   Taborn, Greg ^a   Landini, Gabriel ^c   Iannaccone, Philip ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POPULATION; CHIMERA; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DEVELOPMENT; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER; NONHUMAN; RAT; STEM CELL; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOSAICISM; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMALS; CHIMERA; CORNEA; FRACTALS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIVER; MOSAICISM; RATS;

EID: 84863045984     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031609     Document Type: Article

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