Results: Visualizing the Flat-mounted Branchial Skeleton
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The overall goal of this procedure is to dissect and flat-mount the Stickleback Branchial Skeleton. This method can help answer key questions in the fields of development, genetics and evolution. Such as how animals adapt to new environments and h
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The branchial skeleton, including gill rakers, pharyngeal teeth, and branchial bones, serves as the primary site of food processing in most fish. Here we describe a protocol to dissect and flat-mount this internal skeleton in threespine sticklebacks. This method is also applicable to a variety of other fish species.
