Metamorphosis revealed: Time-lapse three-dimensional imaging inside a living chrysalis

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 10, Issue 84, 2013, Pages

  Lowe, Tristan ^a   Garwood, Russell J ^a   Simonsen, Thomas J ^b   Bradley, Robert S ^a   Withers, Philip J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Insect development; Lepidoptera; Metamorphosis; micro CT; Time lapse; Vanessa cardui

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; BIOTECHNOLOGY;

INSECT DEVELOPMENT; LEPIDOPTERA; METAMORPHOSIS; MICRO CT; TIME-LAPSE; VANESSA CARDUI;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; CHRYSALIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; LEPIDOPTERA; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VIDEORECORDING; X RAY; ANIMAL; BUTTERFLY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; INSECT; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; METHODOLOGY; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TIME LAPSE IMAGING; TIME-LAPSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VANESSA CARDUI;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; VANESSA CARDUI;

INSECT DEVELOPMENT; LEPIDOPTERA; METAMORPHOSIS; MICRO-CT; TIME-LAPSE; VANESSA CARDUI;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; PUPA; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TIME-LAPSE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84878625824     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2013.0304     Document Type: Article

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