Abstract

The precise interpretation of the results in Cell Biology is crucial for a deeper understanding of cellular phenomena. The technological development of other areas introduced new approaches in biological research. New reagents make possible the identification of specific structures and molecules inside the cell. Their visualization with new types of equipment such as laser scanning confocal microscope generals growing amount of information that musí be. The interpretations of these results depend on new hardware and software in constant evolution. Optica! section of a single salivary gland polytene nucleus was used to explore the potential of several images and 3-D reconstruction software. The results showed that the diversification of techniques improves the understanding of conventional data in Cell Biology.