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CIL:10135*  Cite 
Description

Adult Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) nematode imaged by DIC (differential interference contrast) microscopy. The angle of light allows for the visualization of many of the tissues in this living transparent animal. The head is at the top of the image pointing to the left. The large cuboidal cells in the center of the animal are unfertilized oocytes. The visibly twisting tube leading down towards the tail is the gut or intestine. This animal is alive and would have likely crawled away after this image was taken.

Biological Sources
NCBI Organism Classification
Caenorhabditis elegans
Cell Type
skeletal muscle cell
oocyte
gut endothelial cell
hypodermal cell
Attribution
Names
Bob Goldstein
Citation
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
doi:10.7295/W9CIL10135
Archival Resource Key (ARK)
ark:/b7295/w9cil10135
Sample Preparation
Methods
living tissue
Relation To Intact Cell
living tissue
Dimensions
Spatial Axis Image Size Pixel Size
X 350px ——
Y 297px ——