Peculiarities of eye morphogenesis in embryonic Japanese quails developed in microgravity

This work is a part of comprehensive research into the effects of space flight on Japanese quail ontogenesis. Analysis of eye morphogenesis in the embryonic Japanese quails developed in microgravity discovered considerable deviations and abnormalities. Ocular abnormalities in the embryonic quail were mainly micro-ophthalmic and associated with disproportional growth of the pigmental epithelium and neural retina which resulted in plication and a broken sandwich structure of the retina.