Title: An Electron Microscopy of the Compound eye in Drosophila melanogaster
Abstract: The compound eyes of the adult Drosophila melanogaster were. fixed in 1.25 per cent glutaraldehyde and 1 per cent osmium tetroxide buffered with sodium cacodylate at pH 7.2. Double fixed specimens were dehydrated using the alcohol series and embedded in Epon 812. They were sectioned with porter blum and JUM 5B ultra-microtome and then stained with lead hydrooxide and uranyl acetate. All thin sections were examined with Hitachi HS-7 or HU-11 electron microscope. The rhabdomere of the compound eye is composed of numerous microvilli packed, arranged, and projected from inner edge of each retinal cell. Each microvillus consisted of a centrum, about in diameter, surrounded by the substances, about in width, which were bounded with double membrane about in thickness. In each inner edge of the microvilli, there was a cylinder, about in diameter, in parallel with retinal cells, which contained a cylindrical axis about in diameter. The surface of the outer edges .of .the microvilli was bounded with reticullar substances about in thickness.
Publication Year: 1969
Publication Date: 1969-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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