Visual Pigments and Molecular Genetics of Color Blindness

News in Physiological Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 63-69

  Bowmaker, J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0032374977     PISSN: 08861714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiologyonline.1998.13.2.63     Document Type: Article

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