Partial re-incorporation of corner cones in the retina of the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
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| Authors: | Flamarique, IN |
| Year: | 2002 |
| Journal: | Vision Research 42: 2737-2745 |
| Title: | Partial re-incorporation of corner cones in the retina of the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) |
| Abstract: | The distribution of corner (putative ultraviolet-sensitive) cones in the retina of Atlantic salmon was examined from the small juvenile (parr) stage to the adult stage (approaching sexual maturation). Small parr weighing similar to5 g lacked corner cones everywhere except, mainly, near the dorsal periphery. Large fish (similar to5 kg) approaching sexual maturation showed corner cones in other areas of the dorsal retina besides the periphery. These areas, characterized by low resolving power, had similar corner corn densities to analogous areas in the smolt retina, suggesting that corner cones are formed in the periphery and incorporated into the dorsal retina of the Atlantic salmon sometime during the smolt stage. This incorporation is partial both in numbers of cones and in location (only the dorsal retina is affected). These findings contrast with the situation in rainbow trout where corner cones from existing mosaics are only partially lost from the ventral retina, if at all, and where production and incorporation of these cones into the dorsal retina occurs throughout life. Thus, in salmonids, there are at least two different strategies that determine retinal corner cone distributions. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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