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Figure 1 | Neural Development

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From: Rediscovering the chick embryo as a model to study retinal development

Figure 1

Schematic representation of vertebrate eye development. (A) Specification of the eye field within the anterior neural plate. (B) Formation of the optic vesicle. (C) Specification of the RPE, neural retina and optic stalk domains within the optic vesicle and formation of the lens placode from the surface ectoderm. (D) Formation of the optic cup and the lens vesicle. (E) Mature optic cup and lens. (F) Organization of the mature retina. Abbreviations: C: Cornea; ef: eye field; gcl: ganglion cell layer; inl: inner nuclear layer; ipl: inner plexiform layer; L: lens; LP: lens placode; LV: lens vesicle; MS: mesenchyme; NR: neural retina; ON: optic nerve; onl: outer nuclear layer; opl: optic plexiform layer; OS: optic stalk; OV: optic vesicle; RPE: retinal pigment epithelium; S: sclera; SE: surface ectoderm. Modified with permission from Adler and Canto-Soler, 2007.

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