A dense cell in the epithelium of the gill lamellae of the brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitchill) |
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| Authors: | C M Morrison |
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| Institution: | Department of Fisheries and the Environment, Fisheries and Marine Service, Halifax Laboratory, P.O. Box 550, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3J 2S7, Canada |
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| Abstract: | A cell was found in freshwater brook trout which was similar to a chloride cell as it was mitochondria-rich with an extensive tubular network, but differed in having a dark cytoplasm, large round vesicles in the apical cytoplasm, and large membrane-bound bodies near the nucleus. The base of the cell was separated from the basement membrane by cytoplasm from another epithelial cell. The cell was more rarely found in trout adapted to brackish water and salt water. |
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