Growth of the eye lens: II. Allometric studies

Molecular Vision

Volumn 20, Issue , 2014, Pages 427-440

  Augusteyn, Robert C ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DRY WEIGHT; LENS; LENS GROWTH; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; ORGAN GROWTH; ORGAN WEIGHT; PHYLOGENY; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; UNGULATE; WET WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; ORGAN SIZE; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84897391465     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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