Light and Electron Microscopy of the European Beaver (Castor fiber) Stomach Reveal Unique Morphological Features with Possible General Biological Significance

• Natalia Ziółkowska ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Natalia Ziółkowska, Bogdan Lewczuk

  * E-mail: ntrzaska@o2.pl

  Affiliation Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland

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• Bogdan Lewczuk ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Natalia Ziółkowska, Bogdan Lewczuk

  Affiliation Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland

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• Wojciech Petryński,

  Affiliation Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland

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• Katarzyna Palkowska,

  Affiliation Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland

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• Magdalena Prusik,

  Affiliation Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland

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• Krystyna Targońska,

  Affiliation Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland

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• Zygmunt Giżejewski,

  Affiliation 2Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of Polish Academy of Sciences, Olsztyn, Poland

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• Barbara Przybylska-Gornowicz

  Affiliation Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland

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