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A Study of Retinal Development in Larval Herring and Sole

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Jennifer M. Sandy  and
J. H. S. Blaxter
Jennifer M. Sandy
Affiliation:
Dunstaffnage Marine Research Laboratory, Oban, Scotland
J. H. S. Blaxter
Affiliation:
Dunstaffnage Marine Research Laboratory, Oban, Scotland
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It is known from earlier work (Blaxter & Jones, 1967; Blaxter, 1968a; Blaxter & Staines, 1970) that the larvae of many species of teleost have a pure-cone retina. The rods only appear well after hatching and often as late as metamorphosis. This means that much of the larval life may be spent without fully developed eyes. The rods are difficult to resolve under the light microscope using paraffin sections (about 5 µm) and it is therefore easier to compare the number of cones with the prominent visual cell nuclei in the outer layer (ONL) in such preparations. The ratio has been found to be 1:1 in the early stages and changes as the rods develop, reaching ratios of 1:15 or more in adult fish. Thus, for every cone there may be 14 or more rods.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 60 , Issue 1 , February 1980 , pp. 59 - 71
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1980

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