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Contact: Dr Mark Purnell
mark.purnell@le.ac.uk
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University of Leicester
Caption: These are four rotting fish. A sequence of images showing how the characteristic features of the body of amphioxus, a close living relative of vertebrates, change during decay. Colors are caused by interference between the experimental equipment and the light illuminating the specimens.
Credit: Mark Purnell, Rob Sansom, Sarah Gabbott, University of Leicester
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