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. 2014 Jul 4;55(3):311–320. doi: 10.1080/00071668.2014.924093

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Figure 1. — Two-dimensional cross section through the X–Z axis of an eggshell sample at a resolution of 1.5 µm, generated by X-ray mCT. Labels show the thickness of the palisade matrix (distance 1) and the thickness of the outer shell membrane (distance 2) below the mammillary nucleation sites.