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Cell death and phagocytosis in the neuroepithelium of the developing retina. A TEM and SEM study

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Phagocytosis by neuroepithelial cells independent of the presence of pseudopodes is observed as the main mechanism of elimination of physiologically degenerating cells during the early development of the retina in the chick embryo.

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  1. Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine of Santander, Santander, Spain

    J. A. García-Porrero & J. L. Ojeda

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The authors wish to thank Dr J. M. Hurlé for his invaluable help in the preparation of this manuscript.

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García-Porrero, J.A., Ojeda, J.L. Cell death and phagocytosis in the neuroepithelium of the developing retina. A TEM and SEM study. Experientia 35, 375–376 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01964362

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