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1 August 2004 Comparative Histological Study of Teleost Livers in Relation to Phylogeny
Hideo Akiyoshi, Asuka Inoue
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Abstract

This report presents a detailed description of hepatic architecture in 200 teleost livers by light microscopy and extensively discusses the phylogenetic viewpoint. The 200 teleost livers showed a great variety of histological images, but not the same image, as in mammalian livers. The hepatocyte-sinusoidal structures of the fish livers were classified into three different types: (a) cord-like form, (b) tubular form, (c) solid form. Biliary tract structures were classified into four types: (a) isolated type, (b) biliary-arteriolar tract (BAT) type, (c) biliary-venous tract (BVT) type, and (d) portal tract type. As phylogenic advancement is graded from low to high, the parenchymal arrangement progressed from solid or tubular form to cord-like form, but the biliary tract structures were not involved. We demonstrate that this study is the first to investigate teleost livers phylogenically, and their architectural differences are shown in the route of hepatic ontogenesis. In hepatic ontogenesis, the formation of the parenchymal arrangement is acquired phylogenically, but the biliary pathway may be adapted in the ecological and behavioral patterns.

Hideo Akiyoshi and Asuka Inoue "Comparative Histological Study of Teleost Livers in Relation to Phylogeny," Zoological Science 21(8), 841-850, (1 August 2004). https://doi.org/10.2108/zsj.21.841
Received: 17 April 2004; Accepted: 1 June 2004; Published: 1 August 2004
KEYWORDS
evolution
liver
morphology
phylogeny
teleost
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