Chapter 8 Evolution and Development in the Cavefish Astyanax

Current Topics in Developmental Biology

Volumn 86, Issue , 2009, Pages 191-221

  Jeffery, William R ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; EYE; FISH; GENETICS; OCULAR ALBINISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RETINA DEGENERATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALBINISM, OCULAR; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; EYE; FISHES; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RETINAL DEGENERATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 63649092031     PISSN: 00702153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0070-2153(09)01008-4     Document Type: Review

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