Diaphonization
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thumb|A diaphonized mirror dory. The bones are dyed red and the cartilage is dyed blue. thumb|Diaphonized veiled chameleon. [[Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.]] Diaphonization (or diaphonisation), also known as clearing and staining, is a staining technique used on animal specimens that first renders the body of the animal transparent by bathing it in trypsin, and then stains the bones and cartilage with various dyes, usually alizarin red and alcian blue.
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thumb|A diaphonized mirror dory. The bones are dyed red and the cartilage is dyed blue. thumb|Diaphonized veiled chameleon. [[Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.]] Diaphonization (or diaphonisation), also known as clearing and staining, is a staining technique used on animal specimens that first renders the body of the animal transparent by bathing it in trypsin, and then stains the bones and cartilage with various dyes, usually alizarin red and alcian blue.
== History == Diaphonization was first developed by German anatomist Oskar Schultze in 1897, and later was modified by numerous researchers.