Development and ageing of the RPE in a marsupial, the quokka

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 457-470

  Fleming, Patricia A ^a   Harman, Alison M ^a   Beazley, Lyn D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Cell size density; Development; Morphology; Multinucleate; Retinal growth; Topography

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EYE DEVELOPMENT; MARSUPIAL; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030008939     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1996.0056     Document Type: Article

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