Ethanol allows the skeleton of fetuses to be processed rapidly but fixes tissues incompletely. Formalin, on the other hand, preserves tissues well but retards maceration, thereby extending the time between sacrifice and skeletal examination.
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Petrere et al. (1977) studied this question.
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