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Light-and electron-microscopical observations revealed a rod-like inclusion body in the pinealocytes of the common spiny mouse (Acomys cahirinus dimidiatus). Ultrastructurally, the body is composed of a varying number of tubes whose wall consists of thin filaments aligned in helical arrangement. The inner and outer surface of the wall is covered with ribosome-like granules. Based on a morphological analysis it is concluded that the body described in the present investigation is identical with Kolmer's crystalloid of horizontal cells in the human and primate retina.
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Kappe, C. Ultrastructure of Kolmer's crystalloid in the pinealocytes of the common spiny mouse (Acomys cahirinus dimidiatus). Cell Tissue Res 274, 367–372 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00318755
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