Alligator Embryos

Below are embryos of the American alligator, Alligator mississippiensis. All embryos were treated ethically.

Alligator embryo

Stage 8 Alligator mississippiesis embryo

Alligator embryo

Tailbud and somites of an Alligator embryo

Stage 3 Alligator embryo somites

Stage 3 Alligator embryo somites

Stage 3 Tailbud and somites of the Alligator embryo

Tailbud of a Stage 3 Alligator embryo

I'd like to acknowledge our collaborator Dr. Ruth Elsey of the Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge in Grand Chenier, Louisiana for the alligator eggs.


All embryos were treated ethically. 

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