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Developmental morphology of the pineal complex in doves and pigeons (Aves; Columbidae)

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Summary

Study of the pineal complex of several Columbiformes demonstrates:

  1. a)

    the presence, in embryos, of numerous evaginations of the diencephalic roof;

  2. b)

    the presence, in adults, of a parenchymal accessory structure, probably a remnant of one or more secondary evaginations;

  3. c)

    the variability, among specimens, of the diencephalic course of the pineal tract fibers;

  4. d)

    the predominant asymmetry of the basal attachment of the pineal stalk to the left of the mid-line.

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Renzoni, A. Developmental morphology of the pineal complex in doves and pigeons (Aves; Columbidae). Z. Zellforsch. 104, 19–28 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00340047

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