Pre-natal development of the lens in rabbit

ABSTRACT

From this study it could be concluded that 1. The lens placode could be detected on the 6th day of gestation. 2. The lens vesicle was completely formed by the 8th day of gestation. 3. Formation of the lens fibers started in the central cells of the posterior epithelium as their nuclei were thrown forwards to form the primitive lens fibers. 4. The newly formed lens fibers from the equatorial cells were laid down concentrically round the filled - in lens vesicle