Genetic and environmental control of variation in retinal ganglion cell number in mice

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 7193-7205

  Williams, Robert W ^a,b   Strom, Richelle C ^a   Rice, Dennis S ^a   Goldowitz, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Dept of Anatomy and Neurobiology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

aging; brain evolution; brain weight; developmental noise; heritability; inbred mice; natural variation; neuron number; quantitative trait loci; retinal ganglion cell; sex differences; wild mice

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN WEIGHT; HEREDITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0029822668     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-22-07193.1996     Document Type: Article

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