Article
Photoreceptor Differentiation during Retinal Development, Growth, and Regeneration in a Metamorphic Vertebrate
15 Dec 2004
Abstract excerpt
To test the hypothesis that growth and regeneration of the adult retina involves a mechanistic recapitulation of retinal development, the patterns of photoreceptor differentiation were investigated in the developing retina, as well as growing and regenerating adult retina, of a metamorphic vertebrate, the winter flounder. Only one opsin, of type RH2 (a "green" cone opsin), was expressed in premetamorphic...