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Histogenesis of the retina in the killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus
Author(s) -
Hollyfield Joe G.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
journal of comparative neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.855
H-Index - 209
eISSN - 1096-9861
pISSN - 0021-9967
DOI - 10.1002/cne.901440308
Subject(s) - fundulus , biology , retina , killifish , histogenesis , intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells , anatomy , giant retinal ganglion cells , fundus (uterus) , neuroepithelial cell , retinal , ganglion , neuroscience , microbiology and biotechnology , retinal ganglion cell , botany , ophthalmology , stem cell , immunohistochemistry , fish <actinopterygii> , medicine , neural stem cell , fishery , immunology
The order of production of retinal cells was studied in embryos of the teleost, Fundulus heteroclitus , using 3 H‐thymidine radioautography. Cell division stops first in the fundus of the neuroepithelium and continues longest at the margin. In the fundus, the cells whose nuclei will reside in the inner region of the retina, near the vitreous, stop dividing before the cells whose nuclei will reside near the outer region of the retina. Thus the ganglion cells are produced first and the receptors and horizontal cells last.