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Asymmetric retinal growth in the adult teleost green sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2009

David A. Cameron
David A. Cameron
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Natural Science Building, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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Abstract

Previous studies on fish retina have suggested that a curved, non-fused embryonic fissure is associated with, and perhaps caused by, asymmetric growth along the retina's marginal germinal zone (where neurons and Miiller glia are added appositionally throughout life). In this report retinal growth was measured directly in adult green sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus), which has a curved, non-fused embryonic fissure. Growth was asymmetric in both small and large fish: ventral and nasal retina grew more than temporal and dorsal retina. This asymmetry was due to different net rates of cellular addition, rather than differential passive expansion. The absolute rates of retinal growth in the centroperipheral direction were roughly exponential functions of fish size—smaller fish grow faster than large fish—but the area of new retina added per unit time did not vary with fish size. Visual implications of asymmetric retinal growth are evaluated.

Keywords

RetinaFishCone mosaicProliferationAcuity
Type
Research Articles
Information
Visual Neuroscience , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , January 1995 , pp. 95 - 102
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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