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As has been known for some time from light-microscopical investigations (Babuchin, 1863; Schultze, 1867a, b, Steinlin, 1868; Ogneff, 1881; Cajal, 1893; Fürst, 1904), the retina of a mammal is subject to a maturation process which takes place in stages, varying in time for its different layers and individual structures. The rapidity of the whole development process, as well as the periods of time in which the growth phases of the particular structures occur are dependent on species. Thus the degree of maturity of the retina of the neonatal cat in the posterior region of the eye is comparable with that of the human foetus in the 4th embryonic month (Donovan, 1966; Thorn et al., 1976) and the retina of the newborn rat corresponds to the state of development of the human retina at the 4th to 5th month pc (post conceptionem) (Weidman and Kuwabara, 1968).
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Vogel, M. (1978). Discussion. In: Postnatal Development of the Cat’s Retina. Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology / Ergebnisse der Anatomie und Entwicklungsgeschichte / Revues d’anatomie et de morphologie expérimentale, vol 54/4. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66974-3_4
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