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Scanning electron microscopy has been employed to study the central axis and laminae of the olfactory rosette in adult sea trout (Salmo trutta trutta L.) caught in the River Umeälven when they were homing from sea.—Both flat sides of the primary laminae are secondarily folded all over their surface. In one organ there are about 200 secondary laminae usually arranged in longitudinal, parallel ridges crossing the surface of the primary laminae. Initially they are covered with sensory epithelium, but as the folds grow they become covered with an increasing area of indifferent ciliar epithelium with bushes of cilia separated by microvilli cells and goblet cells. Parts of the central axis and primary laminae have a nonciliar indifferent epithelium. The sensory epithelium has irregularly arranged cilia. Like those of the indifferent epithelium they have uniform thickness and granulated surface. The function of laminae, secretion and cilia is discussed.
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The author wish to acknowledge the technical facilities and assistance in the use of the scanning electron microscope to Jeolco Stockholm office. This research was supported by grants 2389-10, 2389-11 and 2389-13 from the Swedish Natural Science Research Council.
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Bertmar, G. Scanning electron microscopy of olfactory rosette in sea trout. Z.Zellforsch 128, 336–346 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00306974
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