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Bat Embryonic Stages

Embryonic Stages 18-23, the fetal stage and a newborn bat M. schreibersii fuliginosus.

(A1-A6) Stage 18.

(B1-B6) Stage 20.

(C1-C6) Stage 23.

(D1-D6) fetal stage.

(E1-E6) newborn.

(A1, B1, C1, D1, E1) Lateral view with dorsal to the right;

(A2, B2, C2, D2, E2) Ventral view;

(A3, B3, C3, D3, E3) Dorsal view of the head and trunk;

(A4, B4, C4, D4, E4) Dorsal view of the trunk and tail;

(A5, B5, C5, D5, E5) Close-up for the left forelimb;

(A6, B6, C6, D6, E6) Close-up for the left hindlimb.

a, autopod; cc, calcar; cl, claw; cp, claw primordium; s, stylopod; tm, thumb; tt, tooth; urp, uropatagium; z, zeugopod.

Bar = 1 mm in A4, B4, C4, D4, E4 (applies to A1-4, B1-4, C1-4, D1-4, E1-4), A5-6, B5-6, C5-6, D5-6 and E5-6.

BMC Dev Biol. 2010; 10: 10.

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Published online 2010 January 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-213X-10-10.

Copyright ©2010 Wang et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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