The vision of Typhoon Lengkieki

Nature Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 746-747

  Sheffield, Val C ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR BLINDNESS; DISASTER; ETHNIC GROUP; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MISSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 8; COLOR VISION DEFECTS; CONES (RETINA); CONSANGUINITY; EYE PROTEINS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MICRONESIA; MUTATION, MISSENSE;

EID: 0033943674     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/77465     Document Type: Short Survey

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