Mouse models for the analysis of myopia: An analysis of variation in eye size of adult mice

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 408-418

  Zhou, Guomin ^a   Williams, Robert W ^a  

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

Author keywords

Aging; Complex trait analysis; Emmetropia; Evolution; Eye development; Heritability; Inbred mice; Natural variation; QTL analysis; Quantitative genetics; Refractive error; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENES; LIGHT REFRACTION; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EMMETROPIA; MYOPIA; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS;

VISION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN WEIGHT; CELL COUNT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MAMMAL; MOUSE; MYOPIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SEXUAL MATURITY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EYE; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MYOPIA; ORGAN SIZE; RETINA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0033153405     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-199906000-00021     Document Type: Article

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