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Epifluorescent, light, and confocal microscopy studies and Western blots demonstrated that late-born rod photoreceptors and rod and cone bipolar cells (BCs), but not M\u00fcller glial cells, increased in a nonmonotonic manner by 16\u201330% in PND60 GLE offspring. Retinal lamination and the rod:cone BC ratio were not altered. In vivo BrdU (5-bromo-2-deoxyuridine) pulse-labeling and Ki67 labeling of isolated cells from developing mice showed that GLE increased and prolonged retinal progenitor cell proliferation. TUNEL (terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling) and confocal studies revealed that GLE did not alter developmental apoptosis or produce retinal injury. BrdU birth-dating and confocal studies confirmed the selective rod and BC increases and showed that the patterns of neurogenesis and gliogenesis were unaltered by GLE.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our findings suggest two spatiotemporal components mediated by dysregulation of different extrinsic\/intrinsic factors: increased and prolonged cell proliferation and increased neuronal (but not glial) cell fate. 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