Fine structure of the retinal pigment epithelium of Oreochromis niloticus L. (Cichlidae; Teleostei) in light- and dark-adaptation

Anatomical Record

Volumn 252, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 444-452

  Braekevelt, Charlie R ^a   Smith, Stephen A ^b   Smith, Bonnie J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Light dark adaptation; Morphology; Oreochromis niloticus; Retinal pigment epithelium; Teleost; Tilapia

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MELANOSOME; MICROSCOPY; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEOST; TILAPIA;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; ANIMALS; DARK ADAPTATION; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MITOCHONDRIA; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; TILAPIA;

ANIMALIA; CICHLIDAE; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; TELEOSTEI; TILAPIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031766014     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199811)252:3<444::AID-AR12>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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