Light micrograph of a section through the epidermis of the skin stained with haematoxylin and eosin. The cells seen here are keratinocytes of the basa

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Light micrograph of a section through the epidermis of the skin stained with haematoxylin and eosin. The cells seen here are keratinocytes of the basal and spinous layers. They have a large number of melanin pigment granules (dots) above their nuclei (purple). Magnification: x900 when printed at 10 centimetres wide.

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Photo credit: © JOSE CALVO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: biological, biology, cell, dermis, epidermis, epithelial, epithelium, gland, haematoxylin-eosin, histological, histology, keratinocytes, light, melanin, melanocytes, micrograph, microscope, microscopic, microscopy, paraffin, photomicrograph, pigment, section, skin, tissue