About the Authors
- Nan Zheng
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Affiliation Department of Anatomy, College of Basic Medicine, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, P. R. China
- Xiao-Ying Yuan
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Affiliation Department of Anatomy, College of Basic Medicine, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, P. R. China
- Yun-Fei Li
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Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Zhongshan College of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, P. R. China
- Yan-Yan Chi
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Affiliation Department of Anatomy, College of Basic Medicine, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, P. R. China
- Hai-Bin Gao
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Affiliation Dalian Hoffen Bio-Technique Co. Ltd., Dalian, P. R. China
- Xin Zhao
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Affiliation School of Art, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, P. R. China
- Sheng-Bo Yu
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Contributed equally to this work with: Sheng-Bo Yu, Hong-Jin Sui
* E-mail: suihj@hotmail.com (H-JS); ysbdmu@126.com (S-BY)
Affiliation Department of Anatomy, College of Basic Medicine, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, P. R. China
- Hong-Jin Sui
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Contributed equally to this work with: Sheng-Bo Yu, Hong-Jin Sui
* E-mail: suihj@hotmail.com (H-JS); ysbdmu@126.com (S-BY)
Affiliations Department of Anatomy, College of Basic Medicine, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, P. R. China, Dalian Hoffen Bio-Technique Co. Ltd., Dalian, P. R. China
- John Sharkey
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Affiliation National Training Centre, University of Chester, Dublin, Ireland
Competing Interests
Dalian Hoffen Bio-Technique Co. Ltd freely provided support in making P45 plastination sections (it is a patented technology belonging to this company) and dissecting nuchal specimens. It is confirmed that one or more of the authors employed by this commercial company does not alter the authors’ adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HJS SBY. Performed the experiments: NZ XYY YFL YYC. Analyzed the data: SBY HJS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HBG XZ. Wrote the paper: NZ SBY HJS JS.