Daniel Castranova, Dr. Brant Weinstein & Bakary Samasa/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/National Institutes of Health/Section on Vertebrate Organogenesis/Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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■第2位 数日ごとのカクレクマノミの胚
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Daniel Knop/Natur und Tier-Verlag NTV/Oberzent-Airlenbach, Hessen, Germany
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■第3位 淡水巻き貝の舌
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Dr. Igor Siwanowicz/Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)/Janelia Research Campus/Ashburn, Virginia, USA
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■第4位 土壌菌類の胞子と菌糸
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Dr. Vasileios Kokkoris, Dr. Franck Stefani & Dr. Nicolas Corradi/University of Ottawa & Agriculture and Agrifood Canada/Department of Biology/Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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■第5位 昆虫「ボゴングガ」の頭部
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Ahmad Fauzan/Saipem/Jakarta, Indonesia/Bogong moth
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第6位 花粉が付いたヘーベの花の雄しべ
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Dr. Robert Markus & Zsuzsa Markus/University of Nottingham/School of Life Sciences, Super Resolution Microscopy/Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
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■第7位 細胞内の微小管 (オレンジ色) と核(水色)
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Jason Kirk/Baylor College of Medicine/Optical Imaging & Vital Microscopy Core/Houston, Texas, USA
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■第8位 カメレオンの胎児
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Dr. Allan Carrillo-Baltodano & David Salamanca/Queen Mary University of London/School of Biological and Chemical Sciences/London, United Kingdom
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第9位 脳細胞。海馬ニューロンをつなぐシナプス
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Jason Kirk & Quynh Nguyen/Baylor College of Medicine/Optical Imaging & Vital Microscopy Core/Houston, Texas, USA
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■第10位 オオミジンコ
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Ahmad Fauzan/Saipem/Jakarta, Indonesia Daphnia magna (Phyllopoda)
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■第11位 紅藻
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Dr. Tagide deCarvalho/University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)/Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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■第12位 髪の毛
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Robert Vierthaler/Pfarrwerfen, Salzburg, Austria
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第13位 Lグルタミンとβアラニンを含むエタノール水溶液を加熱後に形成された結晶
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Justin Zoll/Justin Zoll Photography/Ithaca, New York, USA
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■第14位 昆虫のハマキチョッキリの一種
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Özgür Kerem Bulur/Istanbul, Turkey
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第15位 無性生殖で繁殖中のトックリヤドリミミズ
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Dr. Eduardo Zattara & Dr. Alexa Bely/CONICET/Instituto Nac. de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medio Ambiente/Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina
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第16位 ナイロンストッキングの繊維
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Alexander Klepnev/JSC Radiophysics/Moscow, Russian Federation
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第17位 成長中の水生昆虫「ミズムシ」
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Anne Algar/Hounslow, Middlesex, United Kingdom
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第18位 アトラスガの羽
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Chris Perani/San Rafael, California, USA
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■第19位 クモノスケイソウの細胞壁
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Dr. Jan Michels/Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel/Department of Functional Morphology and Biomechanics/Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
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第20位 セバタンビヘラコウモリの胎児の骨格
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Dr. Dorit Hockman & Dr. Vanessa Chong-Morrison/University of Cape Town/Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa