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Monocot leaf: mesophyll, epidermis, stomata & bulliform cells.
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Monocot mature root showing general structure.
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Use this penicillium (blue mold) slide for your biological study of mycelia, conidia, and conidiophores - fungi-related filaments and spores.
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This prepared frog ovary slide shows many developing frog embryos. Use a microscope to get a closer look!
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Foraminifera are single-celled protists with shells.
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Shows cross sections of both monocot and dicot flower buds.
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Displays simple hydrophytic leaf (grows partly or fully under water) from Elodea or Hydrilla, common monocot waterweeds.
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This slide contains the intricate and delicate silica tests (skeletons) of radiolarians.
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This section is from a skeletal muscle, with long narrow cells that have multiple nuclei along the edge of the cell (multinucleate).
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Can see seminiferous tubules and spermatogenia (which produce a spermatocyte through mitosis, which undergoes meiosis I & II to produce four spermatids with 23 non-duplicated chromosomes).
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Paramecium are single-celled protists that move with cilia.
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Shows internal structure and cross-sectional layers.
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This GeoSafari Talking Microscope from Educational Insights is a great way to engage young children in scientific observation - while also ensuring they have a whole lot of fun in the process. See product information below!
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This human bone section shows the Haversian canal (or osteon) structure of compact bone tissue.
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Smear of human blood showing both erythrocytes (red blood cells) and different types of leukocytes (white blood cells).
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Typical monocot, beautifully stained.
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Section of hyaline cartilage, a strong and elastic tissue found in the trachea, larynx, nose, and where joints are formed at the ends of bones.
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Rotifers are tiny multi-cellular aquatic animals.
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This prepared slide includes coccus, rod, and spiral bacteria shapes in one smear.
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Clearly shows colony filaments. May include occasional heterocysts and evidences of slime sheath.
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Rhizoids, sporangia, and sporangiophores clearly shown.
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Planaria are flatworms (phylum Platyhelminthes) that live in fresh water.
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Shows general structure of a healthy lung.
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Several specimens undergoing conjugation at different stages.
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Shows four basic insect leg types designed for running, swimming, grasping, and clinging.
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Several specimens in fission at different stages.
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With striated, smooth, and cardiac muscle types. Non-human.
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Smear of epithelial cells from inside the mouth.
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Dicot, young and mature roots with both protoxylem and metaxylem visible.
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Typical dicot leaf with vein stained in multiple colors to fully reveal the various tissue types.
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Dicot, shows cortex and epidermis.
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Cardiac muscles have only one nucleus per cell (unlike skeletal) and are involuntary.
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Hydras reproduce asexually by producing a bud that looks like a growth on the parent hydra.
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