Rodlet cells in the posterior intestine of embryos and neonates of two poeciliid species |
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| Authors: | C R Kramer† H Potter‡ |
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| Institution: | Department of Biology, College of Staten Island, 2800 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island, NY 10314, U.S.A. and;The Biology Department, Union County College, Cranford, NJ 07016, U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | Rodlet cells occurred in the posterior intestine of embryos and neonates of the swordtail Xiphophorus nigrensis , its hybrids with Xiphophorus pygmaeus and in the platyfish Xiphophorus maculatus . This is the first observation of these enigmatic cells in a viviparous teleost prior to birth. This finding lends support to the endogenous tenet regarding the origin of this cell. |
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| Keywords: | embryos neonates Poeciliidae rodlet cells teleost viviparous |
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