Ashritha Narayan

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 Chick embryo vertebral development is during the period from 3 to 19 days of incubation.

Vertebra of chick embryo

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Embryonic stages of frog

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 Brachiolaria is the second stage of larval development in many starfishes. it has bilateral symmetry.

Brachiolaria larva

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 The bright petals of Poinsettias, which look like flowers, are actually the bunch of upper leaves of the plant, called bracts. Poinsettia flowers are small, green or yellow, and grow inconspicuously in the center of each leaf bunch. The ancient Aztecs (the Mexican Indians) prized the
 
 Poinsettia as a symbol of purity
 
 . Centuries later, Mexico’s early Christians adopted the Poinsettia as their prized Christmas Eve flower. The Mexican Poinsettia, known as the
 
 Christmas flower in North America
 
 , is used in most Christmas decorations, owing to its bright red color and its blooming season coinciding with the Christmas holiday season.

Cells of red leaves of Poinsettia

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 The fungus was isolated from a plates exposed to air and the slide was prepared using no stain. the identification part is still going on.

Fungus

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 Duranta
 
 – Yellow Foliage. The most common form of hedging
 
 Duranta
 
 is “Sheena’s
 
 Gold
 
 ”. It’s striking for its yellow foliage. It has a dense habit and is happy to be kept as a low to medium size
 
 hedge
 
 . … More often it’s used as a feature plant or as a striking companion
 
 hedge
 
 to a green hedge like Murraya or Box.

Pollen of Golden duranta flower

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 Mid part of the body with modified parapodia
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 Tomopteris is a marine planktonic group of polychaete worms. They are very common in all they oceans and seas, many of them living in the deep-sea. All of these tomopteris species emit blue light, called luminescence. Tomopteris helgolandica emits also a yellow light. All Tompteris are transparant . It feeds on other plankton members. (
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Tomopteris

Stomata of Tradescantia Leaf

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Crystals

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 The springtail is a small and naturally abundant invertebrate with complex mouthparts used to suck fluids from decomposed foods and fungi. What makes them unique is a forked tail-like appendage called a
 
 furcula
 
 under the abdomen that launches the springtail into the air for a quick getaway. One thing they have in common with red wigglers is that springtails feed heavily on microbes and decaying organic matter.  Specifically, springtails seem to be particularly fond of fungi.  Springtails have an “ametabolous” life cycle, meaning that they do not undergo metamorphosis. Springtails do not have nymphal,
 
 larval
 
 , or pupal stages. Instead, springtails develop by going through a number of molts (shed their exoskeleton) as their body size grows.

Tiny white cohabitants in the worm bin

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 We observed the feather of peacock under foldscope and learned about the cells of rachis. The feather consist of  Vane, Rachis, Barbs and Hollow shafts. The
 
 rachis
 
 contains pith, which is composed of air-filled keratinised epithelial
 
 cells
 
 surrounded by a solid keratinised outer cortex. … Barbs: The series of branches fused to the
 
 rachis
 
 , constituting the major surface area of the
 
 feather
 
 .
 
 Barb
 
 ridges are folds of the original epidermis of the embryonic
 
 feather
 
 germ in which the basal–apical polarity of epidermal
 
 cells
 
 is upset. … The formation of branching barbules occurs by the presence of
 
 barb
 
 vane ridge
 
 cells
 
 that function as spacers between barbule
 
 cells
 
 .

Feather of Peacock

Pollen of Hibiscus

Stomata of Bougainvillea

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Feather of Peacock

Pollen of Hibiscus

Stomata of Bougainvillea

Stomata of Orchid Leaf

Vertebra of chick embryo

Embryonic stages of frog

Brachiolaria larva

Cells of red leaves of Poinsettia

Fungus

Pollen of Golden duranta flower

Tomopteris

Stomata of Tradescantia Leaf

Crystals

Tiny white cohabitants in the worm bin

Feather of Peacock

Pollen of Hibiscus

Stomata of Bougainvillea

Stomata of Orchid Leaf

Vertebra of chick embryo

Embryonic stages of frog

Brachiolaria larva

Cells of red leaves of Poinsettia

Fungus

Pollen of Golden duranta flower

Tomopteris

Stomata of Tradescantia Leaf

Crystals

Tiny white cohabitants in the worm bin

Feather of Peacock

Pollen of Hibiscus

Stomata of Bougainvillea

Stomata of Orchid Leaf

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Foldscope Lens Magnification