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Figure 4. The typhlosole is present in the entire small intestine of premetamorphic X. tropicalis tadpoles (A) but only in the anterior small intestine of premetamorphic X. laevis tadpoles (B).A schematic diagram of the intestine from the anterior to the posterior is shown on the left (dashed lines indicate the boundaries of typhlosole with the intestines). On the right of each panel shows representative MGPY-stained cross-sections of the intestine from indicated regions of the intestine of premetamorphic tadpoles at stage 54. In the middle is a schematic drawing of the cross-section showing the presence or absence of the typhlosole. Note the presence of the typhlosole in the posterior half of the small intestine in X. tropicalis but not X. laevis. Image published in: Sterling J et al. (2012) Image downloaded from an Open Access article in PubMed Central. Image reproduced on Xenbase with permission of the publisher and the copyright holder. Larger Image Printer Friendly View

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