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Possible Discontinuous Retinal Rod Outer Segment Formation in Latimeria chalumnae

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THE outer segments of vertebrate rods are generally agreed to consist of stacks of closed membranous disks enclosed within the outer segment membrane, unlike those of cones which are continuous with that membrane1. In some cases the most vitread rod disks open to the ventricular space2–7. Work on the development of outer segments has suggested that the disks are formed by an infolding of the outer segment membrane in the region of the cilium1.

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LOCKET, N. Possible Discontinuous Retinal Rod Outer Segment Formation in Latimeria chalumnae. Nature 244, 308–309 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/244308a0

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