Rediscovering the chick embryo as a model to study retinal development

Neural Development

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Vergara, M Natalia ^a   Canto Soler, M Valeria ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chick; Development; Gain of function; Loss of function; Morpholino; RCAS; Retina; Transient transgenesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; CHICK EMBRYO; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RETINA; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; MODELS, ANIMAL; RETINA;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84862726564     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8104-7-22     Document Type: Review

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