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Fig. 5

From: New insights into the retinal microstructure-diurnal activity relationship in the African five-lined skink (Trachylepis quinquetaeniata) (Lichtenstein, 1823)

Fig. 5

Transmission electron micrograph of the retinal pigment epithelium of the African five-lined skink extending into photoreceptor layer and containing large numbers of melanosomes. (View A Micro.Mag × 1000 by scale bar 5 µm & View B Micro.Mag × 3000 by scale bar 2 µm) and longitudinal section of the outer segment of photoreceptor with enlarged part. (View C Micro.Mag × 10,000 by scale bar 500 nm & View D Micro.Mag × 25,000 by scale bar 200 nm), They explained the following, photoreceptor layer (PRL), cone outer segment (COS), oil droplet (OD) ellipsoid (E), outer limiting membrane (OLM), Nucleus (N) outer nuclear layer, (ONL), outer plexiform layer (OPL), Melanosomes (Me), paraboloid, (PP), and parallel membranous disc (PMD)

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Zoological Letters

ISSN: 2056-306X

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