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The Development of the Vertebrate Retina

A Comparative Survey

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Authors:
  1. Gerd Grün

    1. Spezielle Zoologie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum 1, Germany

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Part of the book series: Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology (ADVSANAT, volume 78)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages N1-VIII
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  2. Introduction

    • Gerd Grün
    Pages 1-2

  3. Temporal Patterns and Correlations

    • Gerd Grün
    Pages 2-35

  4. Specific Differentiation

    • Gerd Grün
    Pages 35-57

  5. Development of the Retina by Differentiation of Single Cells

    • Gerd Grün
    Pages 58-65

  6. Differentiation at Tissue Level

    • Gerd Grün
    Pages 65-67

  7. Summary

    • Gerd Grün
    Pages 67-69

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 70-88
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The mature vertebrate retina is a highly complicated array of several kinds of cells, capable of receiving light impulses, transforming them into neuronal membrane currents, and transmitting these in a meaningful way to central processing. Before it starts to develop, it is a small sheet of unconspicuous cells, which do not differ from other cells of the central nervous system. The chain of events which lead to the trans­ formation from this stage into that of highly specialized cells ready to fulfll a specific task, is usually called "differentiation. " Originally, this word indicated firstly the proc­ ess of divergence from other cells which were previously alike, and secondly, the change from an earlier stage of the same cello lt has become widespread practice to imply by the word "differentiation" also the acquisition of specific properties and capacities which are characteristic of a mature, Le. , specifically active, cello Every cell is active at any stage of development, but certain activities are shared by most cells (e. g. , the activities of preparing and accomplishing proliferation, that of initiating development, that of maintaining a certain level of metabolism), while there are others which are shared by only a small number of - originally relate- cells. In most cases these latter activities are acquired by the fmal steps of cellular development, the terminal "differentiation. " In the context of the present paper, the word "function" will refer to this latter type of specific activity.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Spezielle Zoologie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum 1, Germany

    Gerd Grün

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Development of the Vertebrate Retina

  • Book Subtitle: A Comparative Survey

  • Authors: Gerd Grün

  • Series Title: Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68719-8

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer-Verlag GmbH, DE, part of Springer Nature 1982

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-11770-4Published: 08 October 1982

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-68719-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0301-5556

  • Series E-ISSN: 2192-7065

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 88

  • Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Anatomy

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