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Scientists Image Inside Marine Worm

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SOUTHAMPTON, England, May 24, 2010 — Scientists have for the first time successfully imaged the internal tissues of a soft-bodied marine worm at high resolution using a technique borrowed from biomedical science. "Invertebrate worms are important for the functioning of marine ecosystems, and studies of their internal anatomy are needed to understand their physiology, ecology and evolution," explained John Dinley of the University of Southampton's School of Ocean and Earth Science. The institution is based at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC), a research organization that opened on April 1. The NOC will work in...Read full article

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    Published: May 2010
    anatomyBasic ScienceBiophotonicsecologyEnglandEuropeevolutionIan SinclairImagingindustrialinternal tissue imaginginvertebratesJohn DinleyJournal of Microscopymarine ecosystemsmarine wormsmicro-computed x-ray tomographymicro-CTMicroscopyNational Oceanography CentreNatural History MuseumNephtys hombergiiphysiologyPoole HarbourResearch & TechnologySensors & DetectorsUniversity of Southampton

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