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DURING embryonic development the cells of the retina acquire positional information which predisposes the future optic axons to connect with specific loci in the optic tectum. In Xenopus embryos the eye becomes irreversibly polarised along the naso-temporal and dorso-ventral axes by stage 321, after which it is insensitive to any specifying influence previously exercised by the tissues surrounding the eye2.
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DIXON, J., CRONLY-DILLON, J. Intercellular gap junctions in pigment epithelium cells during retinal specification in Xenopus laevis. Nature 251, 505 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/251505a0
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