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Pre-hatch lung development in the ostrich.
Respiratory physiology & neurobiology - 15 Mar 2012
Makanya A N, Koller T, Hlushchuk R, Djonov V
Abstract excerpt
We studied development of the ostrich lung using light microscopy as well as electron microscopy techniques. At E24, the lung comprised a few epithelial tubes, interspersed with abundant mesenchyme with scattered profiles of incipient blood vessels. Between E24 and E39, the epithelial thickness was reduced by 90% from 13.5 ± 0.41 μm to 1.33 ± 0.014 μm (mean ± SD, respectively). Atria were evident at E32, and by...
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