Perspective on eye development

Developmental Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 175-185

  Fini, M Elizabeth ^a,b   Strissel, Katherine J ^a   West Mays, Judith A ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Drosophila; Eye; Mouse; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE MUTATION; GENE TECHNOLOGY; GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VASCULARIZATION; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EYE; GENE; HUMAN; LENS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; EYE; GENES; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MODELS, GENETIC; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 0030612661     PISSN: 0192253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6408(1997)20:3<175::AID-DVG1>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Review

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