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Optimizing the Sampling Design of Morphometric Experiments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

John M. Basgen
John M. Basgen*
Affiliation:
University of Minnesota
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[email protected]

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In a previous article [1], stereological methods for measuring volume, surface, length, and number were described. The present article will briefly discuss sampling methods, as well as techniques for optimizing the number of animals per group and the number of measurements per animal when planning a morphometric study.

Type
Research Article
Information
Microscopy Today , Volume 11 , Issue 3 , June 2003 , pp. 5 - 9
Copyright
Copyright © Microscopy Society of America 2003

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