title: Cell death precedes rod neurogenesis in embryonic teleost retinal development.
abstract: We measured cell death in the retinas of embryonic and adult teleost fish using TUNEL staining. Following a wave of cell birth during embryogenesis that generates all retinal cell types except rods, cell death occurs in all three nuclear layers. The lack of a corresponding pattern of cell death in the growing adult margin suggests different roles for death during embryogenesis and adult neurogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Program in Neuroscience, Jordan Hall, Building 420, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Hoke
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Fernald
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016923:Cell Death / Q000502:physiology; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000502:physiology; D004625:Embryo, Nonmammalian / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D010471:Perches / Q000196:embryology*; D012160:Retina / Q000166:cytology / Q000196:embryology* / Q000502:physiology; D017948:Retinal Rod Photoreceptor Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000196:embryology* / Q000502:physiology