gonad cells.

The ER was observed by light microscopy by Charles Garnier in 1897, who coined the term ergastoplasm. The lacy membranes of the endoplasmic reticulum were first seen by electron microscopy in 1945 by Keith R. Porter, Albert Claude, and Ernest F. Fullam.

Structure

The general structure of the endoplasmic reticulum

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