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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Task-Specific Fixation for Connective Tissues

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 July 2021

Douglas Keene
Affiliation:
Shriners Hospital for Childern, Portland, Oregon, United States
Sara Tufa
Affiliation:
Shriners Hospital for Childern, Portland, Oregon, United States

Abstract

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Type
To Fix or Not To Fix? A Question for Biological Samples
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Microscopy Society of America

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