Retinal pigment epithelium and photoreceptor maturation in a Wallaby, the quokka

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 370, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-60

  Fleming, Patricia A ^a   Braekevelt, Charlie R ^b   Harman, Alison M ^a   Beazley, Lyn D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

cell generation birth; development; differentiation; marsupial; tritiated thymidine

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CELL COUNT; CELL CYCLE; MACROPODIDAE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHOTORECEPTORS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RETINA;

EID: 0029929948     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960617)370:1<47::AID-CNE5>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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