Ontogeny of the thymus in an antarctic teleost, Harpagifer sp. (Notothenioidei: Perciformes)

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Author: O'Neill, J. G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Springer 1989
• Subjects: Biology and Microbiology; Antarctic; South Orkney Islands; Signy Island; Antarc*; Polar Biology
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/521290/; https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00261035

The development of the thymus was examined in different stages of Harpagifer sp. from Signy Island (South Orkney Islands; 60°43′S, 45°38′W). The thymus was typical, both in position and structural development, of that observed in warmer-water teleosts. The infiltration of the thymic epithelia was no...