Fig. 10. Higher magnification electron micrograph of a portion of the inner (a) cell in pre-shed skin showing lipid inclusions including a multigranular lamellar body (mlb), large lamellar (ll) and electron-lucent lipid (l) inclusions (RuO₄ stain) in close association with elements of the tubulo-reticular membrane system (arrow). This skin was sampled on the day of hatching, as in Figs 7 and 8. Inset: avian multilamellar bodies at comparable magnification, to highlight the structural similarity to the snake organelle. Scale bars, 0.1 µm.

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