Claw Sheath (IMAGE)

North Carolina State University

Claw Sheath

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These are TEM micrographs of (a) ostrich claw sheath and (b) Citipati claw sheath. In both samples, parallel fibres can be seen running diagonally, and identical voids (yellow outlines) were observed among the fibres in both samples.

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Alison Moyer

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