Monthly Archives: February 2011

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Zebrafish retina

Kara Cerveny, Steve Wilson’s lab, UCL

This photomicrograph shows the retina from the eye of a three-day-old zebrafish (Danio rerio). Zebrafish are small tropical freshwater fish that are widely used in scientific research. The retina is viewed here from the front, as if the viewer is looking directly into the eye of the fish. This image is of the whole eye, created by reflecting half the image across its origin to represent the naturally occurring perfect symmetry observed in the zebrafish.

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David McCarthy and Annie Cavanagh

False-coloured scanning electron micrograph of a honeybee. The honeybee has a hairy thorax and segmented abdomen, a pair of double wings and three pairs of segmented legs. Each leg has a different ‘tool’ designed for a specific function to assist in the collection and transport of pollen to the hive for the production of honey.