Genetic dissection of retinal development

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 249-255

  Williams, Robert W ^a   Strom, Richelle C ^b   Zhou, Guomin ^b   Yan, Zhen ^b  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

Eye size; Horizontal cell; Mouse strains; QTL analysis; Retinal ganglion cell

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME MAP; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; RETINA; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; RETINA;

EID: 0032087963     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/scdb.1998.0236     Document Type: Article

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