Breed- and gender-dependent differences in eye growth and form deprivation responses in chick

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 551-561

  Schmid, K ^a   Wildsoet, C ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breed; Chickens; Emmetropization; Form deprivation; Gender

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EYE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MYOPIA; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VITREOUS BODY;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; CHICKENS; EYE; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; MALE; MYOPIA; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VITREOUS BODY;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0030131154     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00190185     Document Type: Article

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