The genetic control of eye development and its implications for the evolution of the various eye-types

Zoology

Volumn 104, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 171-183

  Gehring, Walter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

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EID: 23044534775     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0944-2006-00022     Document Type: Article

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