The dorsal part of the iris. In urodeles (newts and salamanders) the dorsal iris is involved in lens regeneration in a process named Wolffian lens regeneration. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17030116 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29579253 ]
Synonyms: dorsal rim of the iris
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In urodeles, lens regeneration proceeds through two steps. The first step involves the entire circumference of the iris pigmented epithelium. The second step is confined to the pigmented epithelial cells located along the dorsal rim of the iris and involves dorsal-specific activation of the Wnt signaling pathway.