Bird squamous skin cells. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of squamous (flattened) skin cells from the foot of a swan. Visible on the surfa

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Bird squamous skin cells. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of squamous (flattened) skin cells from the foot of a swan. Visible on the surface of these skin cells are the microfolds or microplicae. Magnification: x1650 when printed at 10 centimetres across.

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Size: 4506px × 3957px
Photo credit: © STEVE GSCHMEISSNER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: animal, biological, biology, cell, cells, coloured, false-coloured, fauna, flattened, foot, histological, histology, microfold, microfolds, microplica, microplicae, nature, ornithological, ornithology, sem, skin, squamous, swan, wildlife, zoological, zoology