3D model of Squamellaria tenuiflora (IMAGE)

Washington University in St. Louis

3D model of Squamellaria tenuiflora

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3D model of Squamellaria tenuiflora domatia based on CT-scanning data reveal domatium compartmentalization. Each color-coded cavity (red, yellow, blue) form distinct 'ant-apartments' that are isolated of each other, but connected to the outside.

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G. Chomicki and S. Renner

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