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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Kos, M
• Bulog, B

Titel

The ultrastructure of photoreceptor cells in the pineal organ of the blind cave salamander, Proteus anguinus (Amphibia, Urodela)

Ist Teil von

• Pflügers Archiv, 2000, Vol.439 (3 Suppl), p.R175-R177

Ort / Verlag

Germany

Erscheinungsjahr

2000

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• We studied ultrastructure of the photoreceptor cells in the pineal organ of blind, depigmented, neotenic cave salamander, Proteus anguinus. Unlike in epigean vertebrates the outer segments of most photoreceptor cells consists of concentrically arranged lamellae, however; in few cells, the outer segments contain 7-9 plasma membrane disks. In both types of photoreceptor cells the outer segments enclose lumps of vesicles of different sizes. The photoreceptor cells of Proteus anguinus are similar to those in other cavernicolous fish species.