Review of larval and postlarval eye ultrastructure in the lamprey (cyclostomata) with special emphasis on Geotria australis (gray)

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 431-444

  Meyer Rochow, V Benno ^a   Stewart, Duncan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cyclostomata; Development; Eye; Geotria australis; Lamprey; retina; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

EYE PROTECTION; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; VISION;

CYCLOSTOMA; DEVELOPMENT; EYE; GEOTRIUM AUSTRALI; LAMPREY; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; RETINA; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISUAL PIGMENTS;

ALDEHYDES;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CYCLOSTOME; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EYE; LARVA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0030445680     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19961215)35:6<431::AID-JEMT3>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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