New paper from Ikeda et al. on the biogenesis of chitin bristles in the annelid #Platynereis with nice #vEM reconstructions and a chitin synthase knockout.

New paper from Ikeda et al. on the biogenesis of chitin bristles in the annelid #Platynereis with nice #vEM reconstructions and a chitin synthase knockout.
Bristles are formed in a process of biological 3D printing. @biology
#microscopy
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-48044-3