Xenopus, an Ideal Vertebrate System for Studies of Eye Development and Regeneration

Animal Models in Eye Research

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 57-92

  Henry, Jonathan J ^a   Wever, Jason M ^a   Natalia Vergara, M ^b   Fukui, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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