Giant mitochondria in the retina cone inner segments of shrews of genus Sorex (insectivora, soricidae)

Anatomical Record - Part A Discoveries in Molecular, Cellular, and Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 272, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 484-490

  Lluch, Sara ^a   López Fuster, María José ^b   Ventura, Jacint ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cone inner segment; Ellipsoid; Megamitochondria; Photoreceptors; Retina; Sorex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INSECTIVORE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE;

ARANEUS; INSECTIVORA; MAMMALIA; MYOXUS; SCANDENTIA; SOREX; SOREX ARANEUS; SOREX CORONATUS; SOREX MINUTUS; SORICIDAE; TUPAIA; TUPAIA BELANGERI; TUPAIA GLIS; TUPAIIDAE;

EID: 0141925653     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.a.10066     Document Type: Article

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