Morphology of each eye denticle of the whale shark.
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posted on 2020-06-29, 17:28 authored by Taketeru Tomita, Kiyomi Murakumo, Shinya Komoto, Alistair Dove, Masakatsu Kino, Kei Miyamoto, Minoru TodaA. Close-up of aggregated eye denticles. B–D. 3D reconstruction of eye denticles obtained from computed tomography data, showing the morphological variations. E. Dermal denticle from the skin just above of the eyeball. In B–E, apical, basal, lateral, and posterior views from left to right. Scale bars = 500 μm in A and 100 μm in B–E. See supporting information S1 Video.
