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. 2017 Oct 17;7:13324. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-13187-5

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Comparison of immunoreactivity between fossil and extant turtle tissues using antibodies raised against chicken feathers conjugated to 12 nm gold beads. (ad) Low and (eh) high resolution localisation of gold beads to fibrous matter, but not microbodies/melanosomes, in (a,b,e,f) fossil tissues and (c,d,g,h) modern Chelonia mydas carapace scute material. Insets in b and d demarcate areas depicted in e,f and g,h, respectively. The data support the specificity of the chicken feather antibodies used in this study, and provide independent validation of the immunofluorescent results.