Growth of the eye lens: I. Weight accumulation in multiple species

Molecular Vision

Volumn 20, Issue , 2014, Pages 410-426

  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

AGE; ALGORITHM; AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; BAT; BIRD; CARNIVORE; DRY WEIGHT; ELEPHANT; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FISH; GESTATION PERIOD; GOAT; LAGOMORPH; LENS; LIFESPAN; MARSUPIAL; MINK; NONHUMAN; PHEASANT; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; RODENT; SCANDENTIA; SEAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNGULATE; WET WEIGHT; WOODCHUCK;

AGING; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84897419687     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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