Diaphanization of Common mouse - Mus musculus
Biological preparation
The aim of diaphanization is to render the tissues transparent through a chemical process, and specific dyes are used to highlight the skeleton.
You can see the bones through the skin!
Diaphanization of a Common mouse skeketon: Mus musculus
The aim of diaphanization is to make the skeleton transparent so that it can be observed.
The tissues are made transparent by a chemical process, and specific dyes are used to highlight the skeleton.
You can see the bones through the skin!
This is mainly used for animals that are too small to be prepared for osteology in the conventional way, or to study ossification sequences, for example.
The jar does not contain formalin, because the specimens are fixed before they are prepared.
They are then placed in these flasks filled with pure glycerine and thymol crystals, whose function is to preserve the tissues and combat mould.
The animals are not killed to end up in these jars; they are often foetuses or stillborn animals, etc.
Bottle height: 8.5cm Diameter: 4cm
All specimens are different
Wet specimen: Jackson's chameleon - Trioceros jacksonii in jar
Diaphany of common mouse in jar
Biological preparation
Entomological box
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Entomology bound box
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Entomologic Frame - Peacock swallowtail (Papilio Blumei)
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Entomological box 26x19.5cm
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Naturalist magnyfier
Ammonite fossil - France
Jurassic period, about 200 to 145 million years ago
Genre: Reineckeia
Scarabée - Beetle under mini globe
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Various other species available
Plastic mini globe
Diaphanization of Common mouse - Mus musculus
Biological preparation
The aim of diaphanization is to render the tissues transparent through a chemical process, and specific dyes are used to highlight the skeleton.
You can see the bones through the skin!
