3-D Parrotfish Beak (VIDEO)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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This animation, generated from X-ray micro-computed tomography data collected at Berkeley Lab's Advanced Light Source, shows a 3-D rendering of one-quarter of a parrotfish beak. The denser, enamel-like structure (enameloid) is shown in yellow and green, and the bony tissue (dentin) behind each tooth and surrounding bone is shown in cyan and blue.

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