The retinae of two north American teleosts, with special reference to their tapeta lucida
✍ Scribed by George A. Moore
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1944
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 680 KB
- Volume
- 80
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-9967
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✦ Synopsis
T W O FIWRBS
A tapetum lucidum may be described as a reflective surface or layer located behind the visual-cell layer of the retina. Its function is to return through the retina a large proportion of the light which has already passed through it once in the ordinary way, thus increasing 'A contribution from the Museum of Zoology of the University of Michigan and (no. 114) the Department of Zoology of the Oklahoma AgricuItural and Mechanical a l l e g e -a portion of a doctoral dissertation prepared under the direction of Dr. Carl L. Hubbs, t o whom the writer is greatly indebted. Thanks are also due to Dr. Gordon L. Walls for valuable suggestions, Dr. W. Frank Blair for supplying the Rtizostedion material, and Mr. Milton B. Trautman for the eyes of Hiodon.