Like dogs and cats, wolves have a thin, reflective film inside their retinas, called the tapetum lucidum, which gives them night vision.
Developing microspores obtain their carbohydrate supply from the tapetum [ 38] and from degradation of callose surrounding the microspore tetrads [ 39].
As in almost all other strepsirrhines, mouse lemurs possess a tapetum lucidum to increase their sensitivity to low light intensity.
After tapetal cells lost their integrity, the caleosin-containing remnants of the tapetum filled the cavities of the mature pollen exine, forming the pollen coat.
Their eyes are large and possess a reflective layer, called the tapetum lucidum, that improves low-light vision.
RNA in situ hybridization revealed that MYB105 as well as MYB101 are expressed in late tapetum [ 86, 87], consistent with our findings of the changes of their expression in the mutant anthers.
Both OsACOS12 and OsPKS2 exhibited a strong expression in tapetum, and the proteins encoded by them have the similar enzymatic function with their Arabidopsis orthologs (Li et al. 2016c; Yang et al. 2017; Zou et al. 2017a; Zhu et al. 2017).
We suggest that genes inducing PCD are down-regulated in the tapetum and middle layer of the male-sterile anthers of kiwifruit to prevent their early degeneration, and that this delay prolongs the secretion of calcium and carbohydrates by the two tissues, the middle layer in particular, finally causing the PCD of microspores.
Shark eyes are similar to the eyes of other vertebrates, including similar lenses, corneas and retinas, though their eyesight is well adapted to the marine environment with the help of a tissue called tapetum lucidum.
Many extant strepsirrhines are well adapted for nocturnal activity due to their relatively large eyes; large, movable ears; sensitive tactile hairs; strong sense of smell; and the tapetum lucidum behind the retina.
