A fish eye out of water: Epithelial surface projections on aerial and aquatic corneas of the 'four-eyed fish'Anableps anableps

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 140-145

  Simmich, Joshua ^a   Temple, Shelby E ^b   Collin, Shaun P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Anableps; Cornea; Cyprinidae; Eye lens; Goldfish; Microprojections; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADAPTATION; AIR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; EPITHELIUM CELL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LENS; MALE; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AIR; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CELL COUNT; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; WATER;

EID: 84857795413     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2011.00701.x     Document Type: Article

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