A Three-dimensional Atlas of the Honeybee Neck

Overview

Journal PLoS One

Specialties General Medicine
Science

Date 2010 Jun 4

PMID 20520729

Citations 7

Authors

Richard P Berry

Michael R Ibbotson

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Abstract

Three-dimensional digital atlases are rapidly becoming indispensible in modern biology. We used serial sectioning combined with manual registration and segmentation of images to develop a comprehensive and detailed three-dimensional atlas of the honeybee head-neck system. This interactive atlas includes skeletal structures of the head and prothorax, the neck musculature, and the nervous system. The scope and resolution of the model exceeds atlases previously developed on similar sized animals, and the interactive nature of the model provides a far more accessible means of interpreting and comprehending insect anatomy and neuroanatomy.

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