Horizontal cell connectivity in the anchovy retina—a 3D electron microscopic study
The findings suggest that (1) the monochromatic polarization contrast system based on fine structure specializations in the outer retina is connected to an inherited (bichromatic) color contrast mechanism in the inner retina, (2) the anchovy polycones arose from red (now long) and green (now short) cones, and (3) the blue single cones disappeared in the relevant retinal region.
Authors
- George E. Kolyfetis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9601-1526)
- Gerhard Wanner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5996-5902)
- Martin Heß (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7751-9711)
- Petra Guder
- Max Scheungrab
- Peter Kohnert
Institutions
- University of Konstanz (DE)
- State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe (DE)
- Bavarian State Collection of Zoology (DE)
- Urologische Klinik München (DE)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Biology
- Published
- 2025-05-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-025-02242-7
- Primary Topic
- Retinal Development and Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München