Early development of eye and retina in lanternfish larvae

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 423-436

  Bozzano, A ^a   Pankhurst, P M ^b   Sabates A ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Development; Eye shape; Larvae; Myctophidae; Retina

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BENTHOSEMA GLACIALE; BINOCULAR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DEVELOPMENT; EYE MOVEMENT; FISH; LAMPANYCTUD CROCODILUS; LARVA; MYCTOPHUM PUNCTATUM; NIGHT VISION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPIC VISION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; VISUAL ACUITY;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EYE; FISHES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; RETINA;

EID: 34548506707     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523807070484     Document Type: Article

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