Image: Individuals of Microhyla fissipes in the three developmental stages used for gene expression profile analysis 2016

Description: Species Microhyla fissipes. Presented in the stages of premetamorphosis (PM, Gosner stage 27, left), metamorphic climax (MC, Gosner stage 42, middle) und completion of metamorphosis (CM, Gosner stage 46, right).—The scale bar shows 1 millimeter.—The 46 stages by Gosner (1960) comprise an embryonic phase (stages 1–25) and a larval phase (stages 26–46, this picture). Stages 26 to 35 represent the premetamorphosis phase (left), stages 36 to 46 the prometamorphosis phase (middle and right). From stage 42 (middle) loss of larval characteristics begins, e. g. by tail resorption (from stage 43).[1]—The frog individuals depicted here represent a collection of frog specimens whose transcriptomes were examined in the original study to this picture. In a later virological study[2] the novel coronavirus species Microhyla letovirus 1 was discovered in these transcriptomes.
Title: Individuals of Microhyla fissipes in the three developmental stages used for gene expression profile analysis 2016
Credit: Lanying Zhao, Lusha Liu, Shouhong Wang, Hongyuan Wang, Jianping Jiang (2016-06-02). “Transcriptome profiles of metamorphosis in the ornamented pygmy frog Microhyla fissipes clarify the functions of thyroid hormone receptors in metamorphosis” (PDF). Scientific Reports 6 (27310). Springer-Verlag. DOI:10.1038/srep27310. PMID 27254593. PMC: 4890586. ISSN 20452322.
Author: Lanying Zhao, Lusha Liu, Shouhong Wang, Hongyuan Wang, Jianping Jiang
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