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Hagfish Eye: Ultrastructure of Retinal Cells
Author(s) -
Holmberg Kaj
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
acta zoologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.414
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1463-6395
pISSN - 0001-7272
DOI - 10.1111/j.1463-6395.1969.tb00539.x
Subject(s) - hagfish , biology , ultrastructure , retinal , anatomy , retina , ciliary body , vertebrate , neuroscience , genetics , gene , botany
The retinal cells of the hagfish, Myxine glutinosa , possess at the ultra‐structural level features which occur in the eyes of higher vertebrates. The “receptor” cells contain outer segment, ciliary structure and synaptic region. Other structures in the diminutive eye strongly suggest a functional state.