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Figure 6-51.
Development of the medaka vertebral column. (A–G) Lateral views of alizarin red-stained embryos at various developmental stages. Anterior is to the left. (A) 5-dpf embryo. (B) Just-hatched larva (6-dpf). (C) 3-dpf larva. (D) Magnified region of the image shown in (A), showing how the mineralization of each centrum starts at the dorsal part of the notochord (arrowhead). (E) Magnified region of the image shown in C. ct, centrum; ha, hemal arch; na, neural arch. Scale bars: C, 1 mm (also applies to A and B); D and E, 100 μm. (Inohaya et al., 2007. Reproduced with permission of John Wiley & Sons, Inc.)