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Fig. 5

Ultrastructural analysis of wild-type and ahi1^lri46 photoreceptors. (A, B) Transmission electron microscopy provided ultrastructural views of wild-type and ahi1^lri46 photoreceptors. Mutant outer segments are short, fragmented, and disorganized. (C) Higher magnification of wild-type photoreceptor showing tightly stacked disc membranes and inner segment. (D) Vesiculation at the proximal end of an outer segment in ahi1^lri46 mutant (arrowhead). (E) Improper orientation of disc membranes. In this field, an axoneme (white arrow) and disc membranes from outer segments of three different cells, labeled 1 to 3, are oriented perpendicular to each other. (F) Several layers of discs are abnormally wrapped around the outer segment (white arrow). (G, H) Cross-sections through the ciliary pocket (cp) show the proper 9 + 0 microtubule arrangement of axoneme. Mitochondria (m) are visible in (G). Y-shaped crosslinkers also are present (arrows in [G, H]). Staining artifacts are visible as diffuse, black deposits in some panels. Scale bars: 1 μm (A–F) and 200 nm (G, H).

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